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• University saves 150-year-old brass band facing closure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/enderby-brass-band

  The University of Leicester has helped a 150-year-old brass band find a new home, after its future was threatened due to losing its rehearsal base.

• “We scream Leicester from the rooftops”, say Easy Life at University campus opening

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/easy-life

  Leicester indie pop giants, Easy Life made an appearance at the opening of the University of Leicester’s £150m Freemen’s Common development.

• University programme recognised for work helping Leicestershire businesses reach Net Zero

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/green-gowns

  A University of Leicester programme has been commended by the Higher Education sector’s most prestigious awards for sustainability in the UK.

• Coronavirus advice for students and staff

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/21-coronavirus

  The University of Leicester is continuing to monitor coronavirus, or COVID-19, which is not known to have affected our staff or students.

• New Centre highlights research into creativity social justice and inequality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-centre-highlights-research-into-creativity-social-justice-and-inequality

  A new research Centre focusing on issues of social injustice both locally and globally is being formed by academics in the Department of Geography.

• New way of screening toxic chemicals mimics mammal senses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-way-of-screening-toxic-chemicals-mimics-mammal-senses

  Researchers from our University have developed a new approach for analysing toxic chemicals in complex samples that mimics the way mammals smell and taste. The technique could reduce the need for laboratory animals in biomedical research and other areas of chemical testing.

• Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man

  Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what the round mounds of the Isle of Man, and associated burials, people and artefacts, can tell us about life on the island...

• Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition

  A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.

• Financial markets and the appliance of science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/financial-markets-and-the-appliance-of-science

  A new study that brings together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets has been co-authored by a University of Leicester researcher.

• East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/east-midlands-policing-academic-collaboration-launch

  The University of Leicester has joined a new collaboration of seven universities, five police forces and five Police and Crime Commissioners looking at how academics and the police can work more closely to shape the future of policing.