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• 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...

• Springfest

  https://le.ac.uk/springfest

  Celebrate the end of the second term of the year with activities, food and competitions on campus at Leicester.

• Cutting-edge telescope built at University of Leicester makes final departure to join SMILE mission

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/smile

  The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI), led by University of Leicester scientists, has been completed and delivered for integration into the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) spacecraft.

• 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.

• Novel analysis technique helps Leicester researchers to solve Beagle 2 mystery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/novel-analysis-technique-helps-leicester-researchers-to-solve-beagle-2-mystery

  Scientists in Leicester have moved one step closer to understanding exactly what happened to the ill-fated Mars Lander Beagle 2, thanks to an innovative research technique.

• Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-scientists-get-into-gear-for-new-fundraising-challenge

  Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge David and Charlotte 1375| Dr Charlotte Smith and Professor David Bartram are getting on their bikes to highlight Cycle 300, a new fundraising challenge from Cancer Research UK.

• Japanese manga series to showcase women in the sciences

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/japanese-manga-series-to-showcase-women-in-the-sciences

  Dr Ana Verissimo from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences is combining her love for Japanese art with her passion for the sciences by launching a campaign to create the first instalment in a new manga series.

• Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/

  Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom

• Critical Management in Action: “Social Media Free Day”

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/21/critical-management-in-action-social-media-free-day/

  Posted by Jennifer Smith Maguire in School of Business Blog on March 21, 2014 Jennifer Smith Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption at the School, outlines the motivation behind an experiment-in-abstinence undertaken by some of her freshman tutees.

• Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia

  Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.