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• Research reveals air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-reveals-air-pollution-can-alter-the-effectiveness-of-antibiotics-and-increases-the-potential-of-disease

  Researchers from the University have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.

• Leicester launches HeForShes GetFree Tour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/leicester-launches-heforshe2019s-getfree-tour

  Following UN Women’s announcement, the University is to be the launchpad for the inaugural HeForShe #GetFree Tour to campus for a vital discussion on the importance of gender equality on Tuesday 29 September.

• University project provides boost for womens empowerment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-project-provides-boost-for-womens-empowerment

  A major international project investigating women academics’ careers in public universities in Pakistan has shattered preconceptions about women-only universities and identified them as progressive spaces that play a major role in developing women personally and...

• University involved in project to help children with asthma

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-involved-in-project-to-help-children-with-asthma

  Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced it has developed and received CE mark approval for a paediatric version of the company’s disease breathalyzer, ReCIVA™, which is now being used in EMBER (the East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node).

• Five reasons why we need to look at childbirth and the media

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/five-reasons-why-we-need-to-look-at-childbirth-and-the-media

  An academic from our University has discussed ways in which the media shapes society’s perceptions, anxieties and emotions arising out of birth.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/higher-education/ethics/resources

  Resources for genetics and ethics, links provided by The University of Leicester for students in higher education.

• General resources

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/general-resources

  We've supplied links to helpful resources for research and revision for students who are in higher education.

• Research areas

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/social-science/research-areas

  Our world-leading social science research includes work on health, policing, intelligence and security, urban and rural transformation and more.

• New antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategies

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses/new-amr-stategies

  Microbes are constantly adapting to their environment, including adapting to survive against current antimicrobial treatment. Strategies include efflux pumps, horizontal gene transfer, bacteriophage and mutation.

• Iraq

  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/middle-east/iraq/iraq

  We welcome students from Iraq. Find out about entry requirements, the Iraqi student community and other country-specific information.