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• International Womens Day universities must work together to tackle inequality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/international-women2019s-day-universities-must-work-together-to-tackle-inequality

  This week we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2017, with universities across the world hosting events.

• Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections

  Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.

• Difficult Conversations

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations

  University of Leicester marks its centenary with a series of thought-provoking and informative talks by academics and guest speakers.

• Leicester fosters future biomedical research talent

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-fosters-future-biomedical-research-talent

  The University is making a substantial investment into a critical mass of future biomedical research talent by announcing 27 new PhD studentships that will tackle some of the world’s most pressing and bioscience health issues.

• Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Team helps on farm, adopts sheep

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/11-edi-sheep

  For their team away day this week, the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team volunteered at Gorse Hill City Farm.

• Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/world2019s-biggest-study-of-genetics-of-lung-health-and-disease-allows-scientists-to-predict-chance-of-developing-copd

  The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...

• Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

  In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

• Glynis Wright MBE

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/glynnis-wright

  Dr Glynis Wright MBE is an alumna of the University of Leicester and a well-known businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 to train for the legal profession.

• Associate members of Court

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/membership/associate

  Browse the list of Associate members of Court, including Emeritus Professors, societies and bodies, and other persons serving in a personal capacity.

• Leicester alumni return ‘home’ for Centenary celebration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/alumni-celebration

  Guests were later treated to a keynote by guest speaker Grayson Perry CBE, who captivated the audience during an entertaining speech about his life as a celebrated visual artist and his connection to education.