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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...

• 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.

• The Clink restaurant at HMP Brixton: fine dining and prison education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/07/21/the-clink-restaurant-at-hmp-brixton-fine-dining-and-prison-education/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 21, 2014 By Sarah Longair, Carceral Archipelago Project Researcher.

• School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 7

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/7/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Music scholarships awarded to talented students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-music-scholarships

  Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to support University of Leicester students through the Alumni and Philharmonia Scholarship scheme.

• Support for students with physical, sensory and long-term health conditions

  https://le.ac.uk/accessability/support/long-term-health-conditions

  Support with physical, sensory and long-term health conditions at University of Leicester

• Graduate takes part in ITVs Ninja Warrior

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/biology-graduate-takes-part-in-itv2019s-ninja-warrior

  A recent graduate has excelled in the first season of the ITV gameshow Ninja Warrior, beating a variety of challenges and hundreds of other contestants to secure second place in the final.

• 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.

• New guidance for filmmakers on how to represent people with disabilities 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/disabilities-in-media

  A recent PhD from the University of Leicester has called on the film industry to better represent people with disabilities on the big screen.

• Introducing… the Leicester Grading System for Foveal Hypoplasia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/12-leicester-foveal-scale

  A team of eye researchers have published the first medical grading system named after the city of Leicester.