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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

• Laura Basell

  https://le.ac.uk/people/laura-basell

  The academic profile of Dr Laura Basell, Associate Professor in Archaeology at University of Leicester

• Public lecture will see experts discuss how to police sexual violence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/scarman

  Sexual violence against women and girls in Britain will be discussed by experts in a public lecture at University of Leicester this month.

• Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built

  Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of Geology - has confirmed they are sources of Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’, shedding light on how they were quarried...

• School of Business shaping initiatives to boost local enterprise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/school-of-business-to-help-shape-local-initiatives

  Businesses across the East Midlands are being asked to identify and rank their greatest concerns for the coming 12 months. The question is being posed in the first East Midlands Chamber Quarterly Economic Survey of 2018, in partnership with the School of Business.

• Leicester scientist discusses BepiColombo mission to Mercury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-professor-discusses-bepicolombo-mission-to-mercury

  Professor Emma Bunce, Principal Investigator of the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) - one of the main instruments on the upcoming BepiColombo Mercury mission which was designed and built by Leicester researchers, has been interviewed about the mission for BBC...

• Sydney Holloway

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway

  We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.

• The postcard: wish you were here?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/postcard

  Read the article "The postcard: wish you were here?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Study determines performance appraisal success depends on frequent feedback and good standard setting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/study-determines-performance-appraisal-success-depends-on-frequent-feedback-and-good-standard-setting

  Appraisal of employees often gets a bad press, but recent research suggests if it involves frequent feedback between the formal appraisal and good prior planning and communication of standards then it can be successful and appreciated by employees.

• Scholarships and Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/scholarships-and-awards

  Career development is fundamental to all aspects of teaching and curriculum in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.