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• £1.7m awards announced for research spanning space and smoking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/fellowships

  The gap in the teeth of this medieval skull is a 'pipe notch' caused by constantly gripping a clay pipe.

• About Allama Iqbal Open University

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/global-partnerships/aiou/about

  The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) was established in May 1974 as only the second open university in the world and first in Asia and Africa.

• Monkeys and chimpanzees have created their own archaeological sites dating back hundreds of years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/monkeys-and-chimpanzees-have-created-their-own-archaeological-sites-dating-back-hundreds-of-years

  Capuchin monkeys have created their own archaeological sites in Brazil, complete with nut-cracking tools that date back at least 600-700 years ago, according to recent research – and Dr Huw Barton from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History...

• Protecting children from war and violence

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/protecting-children

  In any society subjected to war or violence, children are the innocent victims. Even if they are not injured themselves, the experience is understandably traumatic.

• Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/2/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• 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...

• New grant to speed up bowel cancer diagnosis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/new-grant-to-speed-up-bowel-cancer-diagnosis

  Scientists from Leicester, working with Edinburgh, have been awarded a grant of almost £25,000 from Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer to investigate whether it’s possible to find DNA from cancer cells in stool samples.

• 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.

• 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

• New honorary professor appointed to Department of Physics and Astronomy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-dr-chris-mutlow-honorary-professor-physics-astronomy

  The University of Leicester’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Leicester Institute of Space and Earth Observation (LISEO) are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Chris Mutlow as an Honorary Professor.