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• 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.

• University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space

  A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University of Leicester.

• Leicester signs up to the Turing University Network

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/turing

  The University of Leicester’s research in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence has been given a boost by the news it has become one of 29 new members of the Alan Turing Institute’s university network.

• Diabetes researcher listed as a top ethnic minority health leader in England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/diabetes-research

  A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ has been named as one of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic minority background making a profound difference in the NHS.

• Scientists involved in discovery of origins of ghost particles in space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/scientists-involved-in-discovery-of-origins-of-ghost-particles-in-space

  Scientists from our University have played a key role in a momentous discovery about the origins of ‘ghostly’ particles from the distant universe that bombard Earth from billions of light years away.

• Survey to probe business Brexit plans

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/survey-to-probe-business-brexit-plans

  Businesses are being probed over their plans for managing Brexit. With the deadline for Britain to leave the European Union now only ten months away, East Midlands Chamber and its Brexit Advisory Group have been urging businesses to begin planning for different scenarios.

• 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

• Expert comment Leicester Citys decision to sack Claudio Ranieri symbolic of obsession with change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-city2019s-decision-to-sack-claudio-ranieri-symbolic-of-2018obsession-with-change2019

  Professor Stephen Wood, from the University of Leicester, has discussed the controversial sacking of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri in an interview with Ben Jackson on BBC Radio Leicester.

• 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.