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  • Director appointed to lead new Institute for Policy

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/institute-policy

    The University of Leicester has appointed Professor Neil Chakraborti as the founding Director of the new Institute for Policy at Leicester which will officially launch in early 2024.

  • TEDxLeicester to take satellite technology one step beyond

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/tedxleicester-to-take-satellite-technology-2018one-step-beyond2019

    Some of the innovative and cutting-edge applications that satellite technology and its data are being put to will be explored in a TEDxLeicester event in partnership with the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre.

  • Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy

    New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...

  • The sting of the bling

    https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/sustainable-metal-extraction

    Experts Professor Gawen Jenkin and Dr Dan Smith explain the importance of pursuing sustainable methods of metal extraction in order to tackle climate change.

  • World Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/world-press-freedom-day-is-celebrated-annually-on-the-3rd-may/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 2018 is the 25 th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law. Find out more about the events on the UNESCO official website.

  • New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey

    New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).

  • Diabetes 'tidal wave' imminent for young people, says global expert

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/diabetes-tidal-wave-young-people-report-melanie-davies

    The increased time young people are spending on digital channels, such as TV subscription services and gaming, is creating a new culture of “sedentary children”, with a leading professor calling for urgent action to “change mindsets” on diabetes following the publication of a...

  • 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.

  • Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyah

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah

    Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005.

  • 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.

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