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• How to excel in the years following your PhD

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/12/10/how-to-excel-in-the-years-following-your-phd/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on December 10, 2020 This Blog Post is provided by Nick Masca, University of Leicester PhD graduate. Nick is currently Head of Marketing Algorighms / Data Science with Marks and Spencer.

• Expert opinions cover Jupiters composition air pollution and bees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-jupiter-and-air-pollution

  Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing our understanding of the giant planet Jupiter and its bulk composition.

• Leicester student mentored by ITV News Central wins Breaking Into News competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-student-mentored-by-itv-news-central-wins-breaking-into-news-competition

  Sally Wynter from the Department of History of Art and Film has won the 2015 Breaking Into News initiative, run by ITV News and Media Trust. She won the competition after developing a news report that showed how a local charity was tackling homelessness.

• About GCRF at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/research/gcrf/about

  From tackling COVID-19 and its effects on communities around the world, to fighting tuberculosis in South Africa, to using forensic DNA to bring justice for sexual abuse victims in Kenya, or improving child mental health in Turkey, we are...

• Actiphage blood test enters human TB trials

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-tuberculosis-blood-test-trial

  A new blood test for tuberculosis (TB) could, for the first time, enable screening of patients at an early stage of infection.

• Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts

  A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.

• Measuring our environmental impact

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/net-zero/measure

  The University of Leicester is committed to achieving net zero.

• Swift action taken in conservation project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/swift-action-taken-in-conservation-project

  Ten specialist bird boxes have been installed as part of a conservation project to create habitat for swifts by our Environment team working with our Development Team in the Division of Estates and Facilities Management.

• News and Events

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/ceah/news

  News Latest news will appear here. Events Occasional Lecture Series 2024 27 June 2024. Ruth Young, Coastal archaeologies and heritages of the recent past in Jaffna, Sri Lanka 20 June 2024.

• UK bee populations thrive at Botanic Garden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/uk-bee-populations-thrive-at-botanic-garden

  While the Midlands has seen a general decline in bumblebee species numbers over the last few decades – mostly due to the loss of habitat – bee populations in our Botanic Garden are thriving.