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• Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award

  Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence in research.

• 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.

• Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers

  A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...

• The death penalty and international anti-drug operations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-death-penalty-and-international-anti-drug-operations

  A human rights campaigner is to speak at our University on how European Union support for anti-drug operations internationally should change in light of the increased use of the death penalty for drug offences.

• Leicester criminologist studies money laundering

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-criminologist-studies-money-laundering

  University criminologist Dr Matt Hopkins has been involved in a new study on money laundering.

• NIHR Biomedical Research Centre opens in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/nihr-biomedical-research-centre-opens-in-leicester

  Pioneering research into medical advancements in Leicester will continue for the next five years, thanks to an £11.6 million grant.

• Routine screening of relatives of aortic disease patients could save lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/routine-screening-of-relatives-of-aortic-disease-patients-could-save-lives

  Routine screening and genetic testing of the relatives of patients suffering from aortic diseases could save lives, new research has shown.

• Having larger muscles could compensate for poor muscle quality in Chronic Kidney Disease patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/having-larger-muscles-could-compensate-for-poor-muscle-quality-in-chronic-kidney-disease-patients

  The size of muscles in patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) could be more important to maintaining good physical performance than muscle quality, new research has shown.

• Honorary graduates January 2018 Nina Stibbe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/honorary-graduates-january-2018-nina-stibbe

  The writer and novelist Nina Stibbe, whose works which include Love, Nina and Man at the Helm feature Leicestershire, received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from our University at our graduation ceremonies on Thursday 25 January.

• Education and Social Justice

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy3091

  Module code: SY3091 This module is about fairness and social justice in education.