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• Leicester to become first UK city to join global initiative against urban diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-to-become-first-uk-city-to-join-global-initiative-against-urban-diabetes

  Leicester will join the likes of Copenhagen, Mexico City, Rome and Shanghai in becoming part of the Cities Changing Diabetes programme to tackle the dramatic rise of type 2 diabetes in urban areas.

• Perpetual Atomics and QSA Global Fuel the World’s First Americium-Powered Radioisotope Heater Unit Core

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/perpetual-atomics-qsa-global-americium-powered-radioisotope-heater-unit-core

  Breakthrough for University of Leicester spinout in development of space nuclear power system

• Education and Work Transitions

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/education-and-work-transitions

  Lead: Dr Reka Plugor Co-lead: Dr Sally-Anne Barnes The Education and Work Transitions research group focuses on the development of knowledge through research and collaboration on the transitions into, through and out of education and work.

• Learning & Teaching Opportunities in Far East Asia (China, Japan & South Korea)

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/events/learning-and-teaching-opportunities

  We hold information sessions to provide details about a Summer School in Japan and three teaching programmes aimed at final year students in China, Japan and South Korea, two lectures on Asian life, culture and opportunities and three taster sessions.

• Workshops

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/mrem-conference-2023/workshops

  A description of the workshops to be held at the MREM Conference 2023

• Findings of global study could aid stroke patient prognosis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/stroke-prognosis

  Measuring the brain’s ability to control its own blood flow using a bedside test could allow clinicians to give stroke patients and their families a clearer idea of how well they’ll go on to recover.

• Voluntary sector, learning disabilities and autism, and digital inequalities webinars

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/voluntary-sector-learning-disabilities-and-autism-and-digital-inequalities-webinars/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 The Centre for Health Promotion Research  at Leeds Beckett University has launched a series of free online webinars covering tips and guidance.

• Leicester professor helps combat worldwide diabetes-related chronic kidney disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/diabetes-kidney-disease

  A University of Leicester-based Professor has helped draft guidelines that will help improve global outcomes for a diabetes-related complication. Professor Kamlesh Khunti was asked to contribute to the newly-published guidance about chronic kidney disease (CKD).

• New portable DNA toolkit targets global illegal wildlife trade

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/illegal-wildlife-trade-toolkit-dna-test-leicester

  Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a portable, rapid DNA test to identify illegal wildlife products on the spot.

• Expert opinions cover museums MEPs Donald Trump and learning gain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/expert-opinions-cover-museums-meps-donald-trump-and-learning-gain

  Robin Clarke from the School of Museum Studies has written a staff blog discussing how museums can challenge pervasive media and stand up for the marginalised and less fortunate.