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• Women in Space: On the Ground and Heading for the Stars – Seminar by Sue Nelson

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/03/02/women-in-space-on-the-ground-and-heading-for-the-stars-seminar-by-sue-nelson/

  Women in Space: On the Ground and Heading for the Stars - Seminar by Sue Nelson

• World refugee day 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/world-refugee-day-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Find out why we need to support refugees by consulting the UNHCR Global Trends report  2015. More than 65.

• Who are the top employers for LGBT staff?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/who-are-the-top-employers-for-lgbt-staff/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 Find out in the latest Stonewall Global Workplace Equality Index 2017 . It considers areas including recruitment, promotion, retention, training and leadership.

• Coronavirus: Media coverage

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/30/coronavirus-media-coverage/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2020 Media Cloud is monitoring global media  coverage of the pandemic and has some interesting facts and figures on its website.

• First-ever University Challenge champs aim to bring trophy back to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/university-challenge

  A team of University of Leicester students will be bidding to bring the BBC University Challenge trophy back to the East Midlands for the first time since 1963.

• Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/rutland-roman

  The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year. Villas are emblematic features of the Roman countryside, and many are known across Britain. But this new discovery is unique.

• Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd

  A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

• Will the government’s AI action plan be a success?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/artificial-intelligence

  University of Leicester expert comments on the UK government's action plan to boost its role in developing and deploying artificial intelligence.

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.

• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27

  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.