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• Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic

  The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and tensions, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.

• Concert to celebrate life of gifted teacher in Chemistry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/concert-to-celebrate-life-of-gifted-teacher-in-chemistry

  A concert is being held at the University to celebrate the life of Dr Martin Harger, Emeritus Reader in the Department of Chemistry, who worked in the Department for more than 38 years and died recently after a short illness.

• Principles of Ecology and Conservation Biology

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs2065

  Module code: BS2065 In this module you will study the ecological principles behind the structure and function of land and freshwater ecosystems.

• Role specification

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor/specification

  Term of office To be determined by Court on appointment, but normally a maximum period of five years. Remuneration This is an honorary position with travel and subsistence expenses paid. Role purpose The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University.

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.

• First Forty Years of Physics at Leicester 1924-64

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/04/first-forty-years-of-physics-at-leicester-1924-64/

  Professor Ken Pounds looks back upon the first four decades of Physics at the University of Leicester.

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/people

  Browse our list of academic staff, university fellows and honorary visiting staff and find out how to get in touch via telephone and email.

• New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists

  A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.

• Gallery extension at Attenborough Arts Centre in the running for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/gallery-extension-at-attenborough-arts-centre-in-the-running-for-national-award

  The new gallery at our Attenborough Arts Centre, opened in January by Sir David Attenborough, is in the running for Best Inclusive Building at the national Local Authority Building Control Awards 2016 Grand Finals, alongside projects that include the Olympic Stadium in...

• Emeritus professor discusses experience of post-operative delirium following major heart surgery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/emeritus-professor-discusses-experience-of-post-operative-delirium-following-major-heart-surgery

  Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology Michael Wang from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has been interviewed by Imperial College London about experiencing post-operative delirium after major heart surgery in 2012.