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• PhD student develops cancer survival prediction tool

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/phd-student-develops-cancer-survival-prediction-tool

  Researchers from the Department of Health Sciences have developed an online tool which presents a variety of measures that quantify the survival of patients with cancer from different perspectives.

• Research to examine how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-to-examine-how-children-use-social-media-to-promote-mental-wellbeing-and-seek-health-advice

  A new project led by Dr Michelle O'Reilly from the Department of Sociology aims to explore the role social media plays in promoting mental health and wellbeing in children.

• Workshop to foster international links with reading researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/workshop-to-foster-international-links-with-reading-researchers

  A psychologist at our University has received funding to establish research links between the UK and China to help combat poor literacy in those countries.

• Free online course to offer insights into Leicester City Football Clubs historic Premier League win

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/free-online-course-to-offer-insights-into-leicester-city-football-club2019s-historic-premier-league-win

  In 2016, football fans from all over the world celebrated as Leicester City Football Club completed one of the most remarkable stories in the history of English football.

• The forerunners of Leicester City FC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/the-forerunners-of-leicester-city-fc

  Leicester City Football Club's outstanding performance in the Premier League has taken the world by storm, making Leicester one of only six teams to win.

• Wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS)

  https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/wdxs

  Here at The University of Leicester, we provide relevant equipment for students, including the Wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS or WDS).

• Centre for Exoplanet Research

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/exoplanet-research

  The Research Centre for Exoplanet Research explores exoplanet formation and discovery, and observations of transiting exoplanets and brown dwarfs

• Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms

  Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.

• Pauper letters and petitions for poor relief in Germany and Great Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/pauper-letters-and-petitions-for-poor-relief-in-germany-and-great-britain

  AHRC Project Grant (£241,808) May 2011 - April 2014 Professor Steven King For over two decades historical research has shown a new and intensified interest in life testimonies (ego-documents) of the lower classes, i.e.

• University of Leicester presents at Gateway to China event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-presents-at-gateway-to-china-event

  Our University has played a key role in the “Gateway to China” a one-day event that was part of the last edition of the Leicester Business Festival.