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• New report finds nuclear weapons and related systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-nuclear-report

  Report involving Dr Andrew Futter finds nuclear weapon increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack

• Videos highlighting women's compelling stories shortlisted for AHRC film awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-videos-highlighting-womens-compelling-stories-shortlisted-for-ahrc-film-awards

  ‘The Saving Tree’ and ‘Our Home’ created by Dr Brett Matulis from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment have been shortlisted for 2018 Research in Film Awards

• Ut vitam habeant – so that they may have life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/centenary-celebrations-blog

  On 11 November 1918, the First World War came to an end and the following day Dr Astley Clarke wrote to the local newspaper to announce the creation of the 'Leicester University Fund', in celebration of peace and for the founding of a university college as a memorial.

• Get to know your brain at Neuroscience events for Brain Awareness Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/neuroscience-research-demonstrated-for-brain-awareness-day-1

  The University will be hosting two events for Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday 15 March. GCSE and A-Level students are invited to attend an afternoon of activities which will explain a range of brain research between 12.30-3.30pm followed by an evening event for all from 6pm.

• Research reveals air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-reveals-air-pollution-can-alter-the-effectiveness-of-antibiotics-and-increases-the-potential-of-disease

  Researchers from the University have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.

• Leicester launches HeForShes GetFree Tour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/leicester-launches-heforshe2019s-getfree-tour

  Following UN Women’s announcement, the University is to be the launchpad for the inaugural HeForShe #GetFree Tour to campus for a vital discussion on the importance of gender equality on Tuesday 29 September.

• University project provides boost for womens empowerment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-project-provides-boost-for-womens-empowerment

  A major international project investigating women academics’ careers in public universities in Pakistan has shattered preconceptions about women-only universities and identified them as progressive spaces that play a major role in developing women personally and...

• University involved in project to help children with asthma

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-involved-in-project-to-help-children-with-asthma

  Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced it has developed and received CE mark approval for a paediatric version of the company’s disease breathalyzer, ReCIVA™, which is now being used in EMBER (the East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node).

• Five reasons why we need to look at childbirth and the media

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/five-reasons-why-we-need-to-look-at-childbirth-and-the-media

  An academic from our University has discussed ways in which the media shapes society’s perceptions, anxieties and emotions arising out of birth.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/higher-education/ethics/resources

  Resources for genetics and ethics, links provided by The University of Leicester for students in higher education.