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• Fond farewell for Universitys sixth Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/fond-farewell-for-university2019s-sixth-chancellor

  The University bids farewell to its Chancellor this week, as he presides over his final degree congregation on Friday 26 January. Lord Grocott has served for five years since he was installed as our Sixth Chancellor in January 2013.

• Film shows ‘breathtaking’ emissions reductions during lockdown

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/07-air-quality-plots

  r7tYw_-00PM 7_3sFlNW5s8 AOmWrlpnzyE|Timelapse satellite imagery from the University of Leicester reveals startling reductions in air pollution.

• Al Jazeera News game

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/al-jazeera-news-game/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of a game produced by Al Jazeera English which aims to raise questions about investigative journalism and cybersecurity:    HACKED: Syria’s...

• University lends its support to ‘Stand Up To Cancer’ campaign

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/stand-up-to-cancer-campaign

  Professor Karen Brown from the Leicester Cancer Research Centre sends a message on the importance of cancer screening.

• Showcasing Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/showcasing-leicester

  SHOWCASING LEICESTER’S CULTURAL HERITAGE Highfields Community Centre ‘Highfields, the last 50 years!’

• Bloomberg: news and market moves

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/16/bloomberg-news-and-market-moves/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2013 Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) used Twitter to announce he had amassed a “large” position in Apple yesterday (14th Aug).

• Bloomberg: Mergers and acquisitions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-mergers-and-acquisitions/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Starboard Value LP is urging Smithfield Foods Inc. to consider alternatives to the company’s pending $4.7 billion acquisition by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.

• Lift off! CO2 bubbles carry vital metals, Leicester team discovers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/co2-bubbles

  Carbon dioxide, so often the villain of the piece for the environment, plays a crucial role in making metals used in green technologies accessible for mining, a team led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered.

• University response to EHRC racial harassment report

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/23-university-response-to-ehrc-racial-harassment-report

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has today published a report examining racial harassment in higher education. The report makes for difficult reading for the higher education sector and the EHRC have called for a strong individual and collective response.

• Leicester scientists take sustainable energy research to Parliament

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/stem-for-britain

  PhD student Manon Lachmann joins supervisor Dr Patricia Rodriguez-Macia to showcase green chemistry to a panel of experts and politicians on 4 March