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  • 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...

  • Staff recognised at the Discovering Excellence Awards

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-discovering-excellence-staff-awards

    Discovering Excellence Staff Awards|Last night staff from across the University of Leicester celebrated the innovation, creativity and dedication of our fantastic colleagues at the fourth annual Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.

  • Events

    https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events

    Upcoming and past events from the School of Arts, Media and Communication

  • Call to avoid type 2 diabetes made during national campaign to prevent condition

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/call-to-avoid-type-2-made-during-national-campaign-to-prevent-condition

    A Leicester man with type 2 diabetes is urging people to do all they can to prevent being diagnosed with the condition which could potentially have “ruined his life”. Patrick Quinn was diagnosed with the condition that is usually associated with poor lifestyle in 2014.

  • Olive Banks (1923-2006)

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/olive-banks

    “Any attempt to raise feminist arguments was met with indifference if not outright hostility, and the paucity of women academics in general increased my feeling of isolation.

  • 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.

  • BBC commissions Leicester artist to mark ‘Culture in Quarantine’

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/spectrum-sounds-bbc-commission

    Professor Hugill directs the Creative Computing programme at the University of Leicester and is an Honorary Creative Fellow at the Attenborough Arts Centre, as well as sitting on its Advisory Board. He also leads the AHRC-funded ‘Aural Diversity’ project.

  • 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.

  • School of Criminology launches new podcast to tackle hate crime

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/hidden-hate-podcast

    A new podcast series created by the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies takes a deep dive into the causes behind hate online and offline and how they can be tackled.

  • Leicester to host talk by UK activist who joined Kurdish force against ISIS in Northern Syria

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-to-host-talk-by-uk-activist-who-joined-kurdish-force-against-isis-in-northern-syria

    UK activist Kimberley Taylor, who has joined Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Syria, will be one of the speakers at an event being held on International Women’s Day at the University and chaired by Dr Omer Tekdemir from our School of History, Politics and International Relations.

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