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Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability
University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System, with evidence found in meteorites linked to asteroid believed to be remains of a destroyed planetesimal
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Leicester academic Professor Mark Jobling to chart the evolution of individual identification at Galton Institute conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-academic-professor-mark-jobling-to-chart-the-evolution-of-individual-identification-at-galton-institute-conference
Professor Mark Jobling from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology will be giving a talk at the Galton Institute conference on 15 November - charting the evolution of individual identification from its earliest inception via fingerprints in 1892, through to the...
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Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens
Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.
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Music is in the genes University staff to play at charity gig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/music-is-in-the-genes-university-staff-to-play-at-charity-gig
Staff from the Department of Genetics will be performing at a charity gig in aid of Parkinson’s UK. The Histones, who formed last year to celebrate the department’s 50th anniversary, will be appearing at the Shed in Leicester on Friday 26 June.
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Leicester duo recognised among UKs best teachers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-duo-recognised-among-uk2019s-best-teachers
Two outstanding academics at our University are being recognised with national awards for teaching excellence.
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Leicester health researchers recognised with NIHR Senior Investigator Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/nihr-investigator-awards
A pair of Leicester health researchers have been awarded prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator awards to advance their healthcare work.
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Health in the workplace
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw7297
Module code: LW7297 This module focuses on the legal context of health in the workplace, with seminars on the legal framework for health in the workplace, as well as ‘applied’ seminars in which the law relating to health in the workplace will be discussed thematically.
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Health in the workplace
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/lw7297
Module code: LW7297 This module focuses on the legal context of health in the workplace, with seminars on the legal framework for health in the workplace, as well as ‘applied’ seminars in which the law relating to health in the workplace will be discussed thematically.
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MSc Research Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mb7009
Module code: MB7009 One of the most valued features of this course is the MSc Research Project, in which you will put your newly acquired practical skills and knowledge to the test.
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Health in the workplace
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/lw7297
Module code: LW7297 This module focuses on the legal context of health in the workplace, with seminars on the legal framework for health in the workplace, as well as ‘applied’ seminars in which the law relating to health in the workplace will be discussed thematically.