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• Latest report on stillbirth and neonatal death rates for local populations and individual NHS Trusts and Health Boards across the UK in 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/latest-report-on-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-for-local-populations-and-individual-nhs-trusts-and-health-boards-across-the-uk-in-2016

  Research published today shows that the stillbirth rate associated with twin pregnancy in the UK has reduced by around 44% over the period 2014 to 2016. Rates of neonatal mortality associated with twin pregnancy have similarly reduced by a third.

• Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching: Academic and staff blogs from the Uni

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/page/7/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• University shortlisted in Royal College of Midwives awards for excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/rcm-awards

  The University of Leicester has been shortlisted in three categories for the prestigious Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Awards 2023

• Genetics and genealogy

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics

  More about the genealogical detective work involved in identifying King Richard III. Mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome were used, after all these years, for the DNA identification purposes.

• Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/4/

  Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Rob Parker

  https://le.ac.uk/people/rob-parker

  Dr Rob Parker is Lecturer in Earth Observation in the School of Physics and Astronomy. He is also an NCEO Leader and heads the Carbon-Climate Science Research Group.

• Leicester academic to lead UN session on transport of the future

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/sarah-jane-fox

  University of Leicester’s Dr Sarah Jane Fox will lead a session on sustainable transport at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland this month. The session is part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which is taking place from 27 May until 31 May.

• Summer Holidays

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/23/happy-holidays/

  Blog post recalling Summer Holidays taken by people from Leicester and Leicestershire, as recorded in the East Midlands Oral History Archive

• Leicester study to improve crop plants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants

  Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.

• Law lecturer cited in “the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/elephant-law-case

  University of Leicester legal expert, Dr Joe Wills, has been cited in what The Atlantic described as “the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”.