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• Richard lll brings almost 60 million to city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/richard-lll-brings-almost-ps60-million-to-city

  The discovery of King Richard lll brought in more than £59 million to Leicester’s economy, from the time of the discovery to the reinterment, according to an independent assessment - including £4.5 million generated during the two weeks of reinterment activities.

• Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration

  Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.

• Europes leading space business competitions team up at University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/europe2019s-leading-space-business-competitions-team-up-at-university

  Students, entrepreneurs and businesses are invited to the University on 4 June to receive coaching and advice regarding Europe’s leading space business competitions, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) and the Copernicus Masters, to help turn...

• Former Universities Minister David Willetts to give public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/former-universities-minister-david-willetts-to-give-public-lecture

  This Thursday (11 June), we are giving you the chance to hear the man who has shaped higher education policy for the past four years talk about the future of UK science and innovation. The Rt Hon.

• Informatics student wins prestigious business start-up partnership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/informatics-student-wins-prestigious-business-start-up-partnership

  A new technology developed by a Leicester student that will allow commuters to talk to transport services through social media has received support from a highly competitive start-up programme.

• How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome

  Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...

• PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition

  30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.

• One in three high blood pressure patients failing to take medication study suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/one-in-three-high-blood-pressure-patients-failing-to-take-medication-study-suggests

  One in three people who suffer from high blood pressure are failing to take medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals, a new study led by our University has suggested.

• Leicester spearheads event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgrounds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-spearheads-event-to-encourage-more-medical-students-from-non-traditional-backgrounds

  The Universities of Leicester and Nottingham are spearheading efforts to boost recruitment into the study of medicine by focusing on locations where young people have traditionally not applied for the subject.

• University involved in new trial to fight cancer caused by asbestos

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-involved-in-new-trial-to-fight-cancer-caused-by-asbestos

  Patients with a hard-to-treat type of cancer are being given new hope in a ground-breaking clinical trial.