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  • Heritage destruction in conflict zones offers archaeological opportunities

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/heritage-destruction-in-conflict-zones-offers-archaeological-opportunities

    An international archaeological team co-led by Leicester researchers is investigating an historic site devastated by conflict in Lebanon - and has demonstrated it is possible to obtain original and important information from heritage sites that have been devastated by...

  • Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 4 10 June

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-4-10-june

    Professor Melanie Simms from the School of Management has discussed on The Conversation how the recent successes of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union should get us thinking about whether some of the tactics it has used could work in other sectors.

  • Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime

    A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.

  • Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome

    A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.

  • Geographer to receive national award for promoting diversity in teaching

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/geographer-to-receive-national-award-for-promoting-diversity-in-teaching

    The efforts of Dr Margaret Byron (pictured) from the Department of Geography to bring the subjects of race and diversity into geography education have been recognised by a prestigious professional body.

  • Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts

    Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.

  • Nick Cummins achieves double sporting success

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-nick-cummins-leicester-tigers-wheelchair-rugby-quad-nations

    Nick Cummins|Sports scholar Nick Cummins wins league with Leicester Tigers Wheelchair Rugby Team and gets selected for Great Britain.

  • World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture

    Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at the University of Leicester on Monday 3 June 2019.

  • £1.3 million grant for global atmosphere research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-troposphere-erc-grant

    Dr Eloise Marais from our School of Physics and Astronomy has secured a European Research Council (ERC) grant of more than £1 million to advance her crucial research into the global upper troposphere.

  • Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/centre-organisations-sustainable-success

    The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.

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