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• Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system

  An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.

• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.

• The hoodie: a symbol of all that is wrong with youth today?

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

  Read the article "The hoodie: a symbol of all that is wrong with youth today?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester supports Government pledge to end victim NDA use

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/end-victim-nda

  The University of Leicester has supported a call to action from the Department of Education, by signing a pledge to end the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) when dealing with student and staff complaints of sexual misconduct, bullying and other unacceptable behaviour.

• Rolls-Royce deploy nuclear power experts to Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rolls-royce

  Dr Gary Jones, Head of Manufacturing Innovation at Rolls-Royce, said: “Our presence at Space Park Leicester is a really good opportunity for our people that are specifically working on the Space Programme to immerse themselves in all things space.

• Almost half of NHS workers surveyed have left their role or are considering it

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nhs-attrition

  A significant number of healthcare workers have either left their job or considered changing it because they feel undervalued or have experienced discrimination according to a new study led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with University College London (UCL).

• The newspaper: the rise and fall of a cultural form?

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

  Read the article "The newspaper: the rise and fall of a cultural form?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• The rocking horse: a classic object of childhood?

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

  Read the article "The rocking horse: a classic object of childhood?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

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• Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/engineering-the-past

  An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the University of Leicester this March.