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• Radicals and Romans modern and ancient societies examined in next Doctoral Inaugural Lectures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/radicals-and-romans-modern-and-ancient-societies-examined-in-next-doctoral-inaugural-lectures

  Signet rings and social media are topics that may seem worlds apart, but two of our recent doctoral graduates will be speaking on how each of these is providing us with new insights into society.

• Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations

  An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.

• The outlawed Shrove Tuesday tradition of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-outlawed-shrove-tuesday-tradition-of-leicester

  Shrove Tuesday – taking place this year on 28 February – often involves the flipping of savoury and sweet pancakes, but prior to 1846 the city of Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating the event.

• Success for student entrepreneur in national space challenge competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/success-for-student-entrepreneur-in-national-space-challenge-competition

  A Leicester student is among only nine young space entrepreneurs to have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.

• Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings

  Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes.

• New International Studies Unit to launch at our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-international-studies-unit-launch-at-our-university

  A new Kurdistan International Studies Unit is being launched at our University.

• Leicester teams lead the podium in Formula 1 aerodynamics race

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-teams-lead-the-podium-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-race

  Two teams from the University's Department of Engineering took the top two positions on the podium in the second race of the UniFi Motorsport competition.

• Simple urine test could stop lung attacks and improve the lives of people with COPD

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/simple-urine-test-could-stop-2018lung-attacks2019-and-improve-the-lives-of-people-with-copd

  A team of scientists at our University working in partnership with Mologic has unveiled an innovative technology which could “hugely improve” the quality of life for people who suffer from a serious lung condition called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

• Stirring things up in the Earths mantle

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/stirring-things-up-in-the-earths-mantle

  New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth’s mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed by a researcher from our Department of Geology.

• English Language Teaching Unit celebrates international research students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/english-language-teaching-unit-celebrates-international-research-students

  The second annual English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) Research Festival was held on Wednesday 18th February.