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• Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration

  Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.

• Europes leading space business competitions team up at University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/europe2019s-leading-space-business-competitions-team-up-at-university

  Students, entrepreneurs and businesses are invited to the University on 4 June to receive coaching and advice regarding Europe’s leading space business competitions, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) and the Copernicus Masters, to help turn...

• Former Universities Minister David Willetts to give public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/former-universities-minister-david-willetts-to-give-public-lecture

  This Thursday (11 June), we are giving you the chance to hear the man who has shaped higher education policy for the past four years talk about the future of UK science and innovation. The Rt Hon.

• How sexual violence in conflict can be combatted through new forensic DNA collecting methods

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/how-sexual-violence-in-conflict-can-be-combatted-through-new-methods-for-collecting-forensic-dna

  Dr Lisa Smith (pictured) from the Department of Criminology has launched a new project to investigate alternative ways of collecting DNA evidence from victims of sexual violence in conflict zones and displaced communities, including refugee camps.

• The crocuses have croaked

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/the-crocuses-have-croaked

  For the first time, organisers of a public event to celebrate the first flowers of spring have been left with a predicament – the flowers have bloomed weeks before the event and may be largely over by the time the public showcase for Crocus Sundays is held! The success of...

• University of Leicester academics speak out following Hillsborough inquests verdicts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-of-leicester-academics-speak-out-following-hillsborough-inquests2019-verdicts

  Two University academics have spoken out following the announcement of the verdicts from the Hillsborough disaster inquests.

• Leicester student is one of only eight in the world to win astronomy competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-student-is-one-of-only-eight-in-the-world-to-win-astronomy-competition

  A student from Space Research Centre is one of only eight people in the world – and the only one in the UK – to win a place to visit one the world’s most advanced telescopes, travel to the most arid desert in the world – and sleep where James Bond did! Second...

• Research suggests fraud blindness is rampant in business and organisations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/research-suggests-fraud-blindness-is-rampant-in-business-and-organisations

  A collaboration between our University and experienced fraud investigators has resulted in research which could provide a breakthrough.

• First time mothers needed for pre-eclampsia study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-time-mothers-needed-for-pre-eclampsia-study

  Leicester researchers are looking at why women who suffer from a dangerous condition during pregnancy are at greater risk of stroke or heart disease in later life.

• Scientists identify way to sniff ripeness of fruit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/scientists-identify-way-to-sniff-ripeness-of-fruit

  For the first time, scientists have identified a way to ‘sniff’ the ripeness of mangoes. They have identified the unique chemical signature of ripening for mangoes and published their research in the academic journal Metabolomics.