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• Pope Franciss appeal for Poland to welcome refugees may remain unanswered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018pope-francis2019s-appeal-for-poland-to-welcome-refugees-may-remain-unanswered2019

  Pope Francis’s appeal to Polish people to welcome refugees into the country and to embrace EU integration may remain unanswered, according to an expert from the Department of Politics and International Relations.

• Leicester graduate to enter House of Lords

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-graduate-to-enter-house-of-lords

  A graduate of our University has been awarded a peerage, elevating him to membership of the House of Lords.

• Pro-Vice-Chancellor joins team assessing Higher Education teaching quality UK-wide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/pro-vice-chancellor-joins-team-assessing-higher-education-teaching-quality-uk-wide

  Professor Jon Scott, our University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience, is among the appointments announced by HEFCE to its Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) panel which includes academics, students, employers and widening participation experts.

• Study shows genetic link to fatal health condition could aid future treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-shows-genetic-link-to-fatal-health-condition-could-aid-future-treatment

  Thousands of lives could be saved every year after it was discovered a fatal cardiovascular condition could be linked to four genes, research has found.

• Researchers building collaborative links for Digital Medicine network

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/researchers-building-collaborative-links-for-digital-medicine-network

  Dr Jonathan Tedds has been conferred as President of the UK chapter of the International Society of Digital Medicine at a joint Medilink East Midlands Special Interest Group meeting for Digital Health and 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing this week.

• Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1834-2018

  https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean

  Bringing together participants from Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados and the UK, the ‘Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean’ project addresses the acute and complex problem of crime in Anglophone Caribbean societies from various disciplinary perspectives.

• David Adlam

  https://le.ac.uk/people/david-adlam

  The academic profile of David Adlam at the University of Leicester

• Information for Apprentices

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/apprenticeships/apprentices

  An Apprenticeship is a job with training and development. It is a way to earn an income whilst gaining a higher or degree qualification. Best of all, there are no university debts: you will have been earning for the duration of your apprenticeship.

• Measuring the temperature of our planets land surfaces

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/measuring-the-temperature-of-our-planets-land-surfaces

  Our researchers are leading a major new project to measure the temperature of the Earth’s land surfaces. Evidence suggests that long-term trends in surface temperature can be an indicator of climate change.

• Expert opinions cover passion for space mega mining South Africa and Italy and the euro

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/expert-opinions-cover-passion-for-space-mega-mining-south-africa-and-italy-and-the-euro

  Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has been interviewed by Womanthology about her research, her role at Leicester and her passion for space.