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• Chicken and egg mystery solved in new DNA book for younger readers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dna-childrens-book

  New children’s book about genetics answers the age-old question of which came first, written by genetics experts working at the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

• Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysic

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/07/nobel-prize-how-penrose-genzel-and-ghez-helped-put-black-holes-at-the-centre-of-modern-astrophysics/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez will be greeted with enormous pleasure by physicists and astronomers worldwide.

• Leicester delegation to COP30 includes experts covering climate from every angle

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cop30-attendees

  |A delegation of experts from the University of Leicester is heading to the Conference of the Parties, or COP30, to bring the latest insights into climate change to policymakers and officials.

• Psychology MSc, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/psychology-msc-dl/2026

  This is for you if... you are looking for a BPS-accredited conversion course that will support you in pursuing a career as a professional psychologist.

• Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies explores interdisciplinary research one step at a time through the power of walking

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/walking

  A new University of Leicester project hopes to explore the ‘power of walking’ and how it impacts academics’ research processes.

• First-hand accounts of premature baby loss inspires new resource

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-hand-accounts-of-premature-baby-loss-inspires-new-resource

  A new resource has been launched based on the first-hand experiences of parents whose baby died before, during or shortly after birth at 20 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. The resource aims to support parents, loved ones and health professionals.

• Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir

  Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.

• Support for students with ADHD

  https://le.ac.uk/accessability/support/adhd-support

  Support for students with ADHD at University of Leicester

• Subject Access Request procedure

  https://le.ac.uk/ias/data-protection/accessing-your-information/sar-procedure

  Read our subject access request procedure to see how you can access information held by the University.

• World Digital Preservation Day 2022 blog

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/10/19/world-digital-preservation-day-2022/

  Blog post describing the work done at the University of Leicester to increase ability and capacity for permanent preservation of born-digital material (websites, Sharepoint sites, email and word and pdf documents).