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University appoints new Director of Development and Alumni Relations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/daro-director
Steve Corbett has been appointed as the new Director of the Development and Alumni Relations Office.
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New cell treatment could combat ageing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/senescent-cell-clearance
An international team of researchers have identified a new method for clearing senescent cells, which could transform treatments for ageing and related conditions.
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Law expert shares in €2.79 million grant for irregular migration research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/irregular-migration
A University of Leicester expert on migrants’ rights and immigration law is a member of an international consortium granted €2.79 million in Horizon Europe funding for a three-year project on Measuring Irregular Migration and related Policies (MIrreM).
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Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod
The research team’s findings, published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters, show how ostracods began to swim into estuaries about 420 million years ago during the Silurian Period, beginning their exploration of many new habitats.
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Launch of welding partnership bonds cutting edge research with industrial know-how
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/launch-of-welding-partnership-bonds-cutting-edge-research-with-industrial-know-how
Launch of welding partnership bonds cutting edge research with industrial know-how Launch of welding partnership bonds cutting edge research with industrial know-how|A partnership forged between academia and industry aims to strengthen our knowledge of the science of welding...
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£1.7m awards announced for research spanning space and smoking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/fellowships
The gap in the teeth of this medieval skull is a 'pipe notch' caused by constantly gripping a clay pipe.
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Digital life during the lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/digital-apps
Virtual social apps are helping us make do as best we can in lonely, desperate times.
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New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/about-us
As the Interdisciplinary Anthropocene Research Group we are researching global challenges and exploring the complex ways in which socio-economic ecosystems impact the Earth System.
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.