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• 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.

• Alternative beer label artwork by Leicester researchers featured in new exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/alternative-beer-label-artwork-by-leicester-researchers-featured-in-new-exhibition

  Artwork by Leicester researchers is to be featured in a new exhibition exploring gender relations in night life drinking spaces.

• Conference to discuss ways of eradicating female genital mutilation in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-discuss-ways-of-eradicating-female-genital-mutilation-in-the-uk

  This year, more than 20,000 girls under the age of 15 will be at risk of genital mutilation in the UK.

• Leicester academic leads study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/when-should-blood-transfusions-be-given-after-cardiac-surgery

  Professor Gavin Murphy (pictured), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiac Surgery in our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester is the lead author of a new study that has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a...

• 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.