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• Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours

  Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment

• Writing Prose Fiction

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3174

  Module code: EN3174 This module offers a practical introduction to writing prose fiction, with a particular (though not an exclusive) focus on the short story.

• Artificial Intelligence tool successfully predicts fatal heart rhythm

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/ai-heart-rhythm

  In a Leicester study that looked at whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to predict whether a person was at risk of a lethal heart rhythm, an AI tool correctly identified the condition 80 per cent of the time.

• Employment lecturer authors new report on Leicesters textile sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/employment-lecturer-authors-new-report-on-leicesters-textile-sector

  Dr Nik Hammer (pictured), Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures in the School of Management - working with the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) - has authored a new report examining Leicester's textile sector.

• Celebrating 40 years of DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dna-fingerprinting

  Today (10 September) marks the 40th anniversary of a ground-breaking discovery that transformed the way criminal investigations were carried out: DNA fingerprinting.

• An Indian Summer returns to Leicester for fifth year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/an-indian-summer-returns-to-leicester-for-fifth-year

  The University of Leicester is once again sponsoring An Indian Summer, a festival in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter that gives people the chance to experience the varied culture of India.

• New book on bisexuality to debut at Leicester Pride

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-book-on-bisexuality-to-debut-at-leicester-pride

  A new book on bisexuality co-curated by a University staff member will feature on the University’s stand at Leicester Pride on Saturday 3 September 2016.

• Call for Peer Reviewers – Museological Review, Issue 27

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/03/19/call-for-peer-reviewers-museological-review-issue-27/

  We are now inviting museum studies scholars to engage with us as peer reviewers for Issue 27 of Museological Review.

• reproducibility and coding style

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/teachingr/2020/09/28/reproducibility-and-style/

  discuss of the way that reproducibility and coding style are taught on my introductory short course om data analysis with R and the tidyverse

• £500,000 awarded to create new Deep Space Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/deep-space-centre

  A new centre dedicated to the exploration of deep space is to be built at the Space Park Leicester site, after the Wolfson Foundation awarded a £500,000 grant towards the project.