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• Levelling Up - Maths

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/students/levelling-up-maths

  Get more information on how your data is handled when signing up for the AccessLeicester: Maths - Levelling up programme.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/resources

  Over the five years the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain project ran, the team participated in and ran a series of events, produced resources and were included as part of a major British Museum exhibition.

• Financial concerns lead to symptoms of depression in healthcare workers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/healthcare-workers

  Financial concerns among healthcare workers are a driving factor for declining mental health.

• Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/mri

  A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.

• Researchers make sand that flows uphill

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers

  Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with counterintuitive results

• Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/lung-health-genes

  New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for potential therapeutics

• World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia

  A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.

• Developmental genetics for higher education

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/developmental/developmental-higher-education

  If you're studying towards a degree, we've got useful academic content on developmental genetics, supplied by the genetics department at The University of Leicester.

• Government Minister discovers region’s cutting-edge research and innovation in space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/04-government-minister-discovers-space-research-innovation

  Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government visits Leicester to find out more about pioneering plans for Space Park Leicester.

• Phage biology

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages/phage-biology

  Phage biology is the study of all aspects of bacteriophages (phages). Martha Clokie and colleagues have specifically worked with bacteriophages that target Clostridium difficile. Bacteriophage are studied with respect to therapy and diagnosis.