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• 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.

• Leicester academic discusses assisted suicide legislation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-academic-discusses-assisted-suicide-legislation

  Dr Clark Hobson, from the University's School of Law, has written an article for BioEdge which examines the possibility of the blanket ban on assisted suicide in the UK being overturned. In the article for BioEdge, Dr Hobson said: "Noel Conway is 67 years old.

• Sophie Dale-Black

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/sophie-dale-black

  Dr Sophie Dale-Black is a scientifically trained and commercially driven consultant, adviser and non-executive through her business SDBInnovation, which focuses on the success of science and innovation led businesses across the UK.

• Unrequited Love: The Enduring Pain of Convictism in Western Australia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/05/22/unrequited-love-the-enduring-pain-of-convictism-in-western-australia/

  Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on May 22, 2017 By Kellie Moss The sentence of transportation signified the physical removal, or banishment of convicts, from the wider social body to colonies overseas.

• cl13

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/corinne_lambert/

  The Dryad Collection – basket weaving Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection, I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the...

• A breath of fresh air at health fair

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/18-fresh-air-fair

  The Health Matters community engagement team is supporting an event to help members of the public keep their lungs healthy.

• New research project to improve early recognition and treatment of perinatal complications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-perinatal-complications-pregnancy-birth

  University of Leicester-led study to explore women’s use of websites and apps to diagnose problems during later stages of pregnancy.

• Leicester scientist to feature in upcoming BBC programme on antimicrobial resistance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-to-feature-in-upcoming-bbc-programme-on-antimicrobial-resistance

  Professor Martha Clokie (pictured) from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation will be discussing antimicrobial resistance on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ with presenters Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince on Monday 22 January at 12:15PM.

• Queer Diasporas: Islam, Homosexuality and a Micropolitics of Dissent

  https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/queer-diasporas

  The Queer Diasporas project ran from September 2014 - August 2017. The study’s main aim was to challenge acerbic views on Muslim citizens by foregrounding their politically significant sexual dissidence.

• Competition winners to receive photographs signed by Tim Peake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/competition-winners-to-receive-photographs-signed-by-tim-peake

  Children will be awarded their chosen photographs taken by astronauts at a ceremony at the National Space Centre this week.