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• Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations

  An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.

• The outlawed Shrove Tuesday tradition of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-outlawed-shrove-tuesday-tradition-of-leicester

  Shrove Tuesday – taking place this year on 28 February – often involves the flipping of savoury and sweet pancakes, but prior to 1846 the city of Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating the event.

• Success for student entrepreneur in national space challenge competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/success-for-student-entrepreneur-in-national-space-challenge-competition

  A Leicester student is among only nine young space entrepreneurs to have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.

• Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings

  Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes.

• New International Studies Unit to launch at our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-international-studies-unit-launch-at-our-university

  A new Kurdistan International Studies Unit is being launched at our University.

• Leicester teams lead the podium in Formula 1 aerodynamics race

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-teams-lead-the-podium-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-race

  Two teams from the University's Department of Engineering took the top two positions on the podium in the second race of the UniFi Motorsport competition.

• Simple urine test could stop lung attacks and improve the lives of people with COPD

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/simple-urine-test-could-stop-2018lung-attacks2019-and-improve-the-lives-of-people-with-copd

  A team of scientists at our University working in partnership with Mologic has unveiled an innovative technology which could “hugely improve” the quality of life for people who suffer from a serious lung condition called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

• Stirring things up in the Earths mantle

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/stirring-things-up-in-the-earths-mantle

  New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth’s mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed by a researcher from our Department of Geology.

• English Language Teaching Unit celebrates international research students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/english-language-teaching-unit-celebrates-international-research-students

  The second annual English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) Research Festival was held on Wednesday 18th February.

• Leicester establishes partnership with police training college in China

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-establishes-partnership-with-police-training-college-in-china

  The University has put its name to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zhejiang Police College, China, that will see the sharing of world-leading expertise in forensic science, traditional police work and more.