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• Environment/Nature/Society

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy1412

  Module code: GY1412 This module begins with a question that, at first, seems very straightforward but in reality is quite complex: what is nature?  You'll be considering the ways that nature has been understood throughout history, by looking at ideas about nature in...

• We should be paying more Tax, Not Less!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/03/we-should-be-paying-more-tax-not-less/

  Posted by Richard Courtney in School of Business Blog on December 3, 2014 On the day of 2014’s Autumn Statement, Richard Courtney , Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, opposes the ideology of minimum taxation I used to get excited by budget statements.

• Space researcher shares her inspiring story and advice to young women and girls hoping to work in STEM

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/hannah-sargeant-iwd

  Dr Hannah Sargeant from the University of Leicester School of Physics and Astronomy shares her journey to becoming a planetary scientist.

• Professor Martha Clokie

  https://le.ac.uk/research/luminaries/professor-martha-clokie

  Professor Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology is leading the fight against antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.

• Genetic risk for atypical heart attack in women identified

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/08-genetic-risk-for-atypical-heart-attack-in-women-identified

  New research published by teams from Leicester, UK and Paris, France in collaboration with international partners from the US and Australia, has found a common genetic factor that confers a significant risk of atypical heart attacks in women.

• Road noise makes your blood pressure rise – literally

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/road-noise

  Study shows the sound of traffic is associated with increased risk of hypertension, calls for public health measures to reduce noise exposure

• Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/fruit-air-pollution-lung-function

  Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam by Leicester scientists

• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

  https://le.ac.uk/study/distance-learners/moocs

  Learn about our free Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs, which are short courses that are delivered online for anyone, anywhere.

• International empathic healthcare network expands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/empathy-network-international-leicester

  A pioneering international network dedicated to championing the use of empathy in healthcare consultations to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians has expanded its reach.

• Diversity in Media new tool

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/15/diversity-in-media-new-tool/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2019 DIVA is an online resource developed by David Deacon and James Stanyer of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University in collaboration with Business...