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• Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest

  Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.

• New heart attack genes discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

  Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

• Social Entrepreneurs podcast

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/growth-accelerator-for-social-entrepreneurs/social-entrepreneurs-podcast

  Welcome to 'Social Entrepreneurs' Every day can bring new challenges to social enterprises alongside opportunities for innovation, growth, and creating lasting  impact.

• PhD student receives prestigious research grant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant

  A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.

• Research initiative to explore how media can help romance blossom in post-disaster environments

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/research-initiative-to-explore-how-media-can-help-romance-blossom-in-post-disaster-environments

  Media Cultures, a new research initiative that explores the role of the media in our shared cultural lives, will hold its official launch at a free public event on Thursday 16 June between 4.00-6.30pm at Bankfield House.

• Motor Cities

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities

  Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...

• University of Leicester staff blog School of English BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz visits the Joe Or

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/26/bbc-arts-editor-will-gompertz-visits-the-joe-orton-archive/

  Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on June 26, 2014 The BBC’s chief Arts Editor Will Gompertz visited the University on 25 June to make a radio feature on the Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.

• Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum – a look back…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2015/07/28/behind-the-scenes-at-the-21st-century-museum-a-look-back/

  Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on July 28, 2015 The Museum of Liverpool © Ben Kirkpatrick Last time I posted, we had just opened up registration for our Massive Open Online Course (or ‘MOOC’).

• Study seeking to find first medication for Long COVID welcomes first participant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/covid-medication

  Researchers in Leicester have welcomed the first patient living with inflammatory Long COVID onto a study testing the effectiveness of tocilizumab at relieving their symptoms.

• University of Leicester marks anniversary of arrival of Ugandan Asians

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uganda-lecture

  University of Leicester will host a public lecture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Ugandan Asians to the city. The lecture, Migration and the making of Leicester will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 6.