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• Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles

  Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.

• The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-new-exoplanet-neptune-forbidden-planet

  New research by an international group of researchers, including Dr Matt Burleigh and Dr Emma Longstaff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester, has identified a rogue planet.

• New international initiative aims to transform care for Very Preterm Babies and their families

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/preterm-babies-research-leicester

  A new research project involving the University of Leicester, is bringing experts and families together to develop solutions to improve the lives of very preterm babies

• Children with multiple long-term conditions hospitalised with COVID are almost three times more likely to die, new study shows.

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/covid-children

  Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others.

• The cultural value of engaging with museums and galleries

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engaging-with-museums-1

  A critical review of the existing body of research in the UK about the value of visiting museums and galleries.

• Celebrating Black History Month at the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/black-history-month

  The University of Leicester and the University of Leicester Students’ Union has today launched a programme of events celebrating Black History Month 2021, which commences today (Friday 1 October).

• Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy

  New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...

• New Physics Technical Apprentice for University of Leicester is investment in future technicians

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/technician-apprentice

  University of Leicester is one of five higher education institutes to receive funding for new technical apprenticeship role

• Personal statements

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/how-to-apply/applications/personal-statements

  Personal statements: what they are, why they’re important and what to include and avoid - plus some suggestions from our admissions tutors.

• Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm

  A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives.