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• Researchers develop new genetic tool to identify people at risk of coronary heart disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/researchers-develop-new-genetic-tool-to-identify-people-at-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease

  A new genetic risk score that could help to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) much earlier and potentially improve its prevention has been developed by a team including a University of Leicester Professor in research part-funded by the British Heart...

• Donald K Jones

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/donald-k-jones

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of Don Jones, who taught in the School of Education between 1972 and 1990. Donald K Jones was born in Manchester on 16 February 1933.

• University professor joins stars in cancer fight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-professor-joins-stars-in-cancer-fight

  A leading scientist from our University has teamed up with Cancer  Research UK and Channel 4 to launch a celebrity-backed fund-raiser.

• Peter Jackson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/peter-jackson

  The University has learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Peter Jackson, one of the longest serving members of our academic staff. A funeral service for Professor Jackson will be held at 12.

• Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney on taking a Leicester PhD to NASA

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/05/dr-naomi-rowe-gurney-on-taking-a-leicester-phd-to-nasa/

  A five-year break in China, a worldwide pandemic, and delays to the most complex space telescope ever built: none of these were enough to stop Naomi Rowe-Gurney breaking new ground to complete her PhD at Leicester and land a dream job with NASA.

• “So, can we say ‘skills’?”

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/06/12/so-can-we-say-skills/

  Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 12, 2018   As those whose unhappy lot in life it is to have to listen to me moaning on about matters educational will know, I’m not a big fan of the term ‘skills’.

• Machine learning reveals clues to improved weather forecasting in our atmosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/weather-patterns

  Inspired by statistical mechanics, scientists co-led by University of Leicester applied algorithms designed to study molecules to atmospheric data and identified patterns in atmospheric fields that give clues to when weather variations will occur

• ‘Seasonal, unprotected and undocumented’: What will post-Brexit immigration look like?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/04/01/seasonal-unprotected-and-undocumented-what-will-post-brexit-immigration-look-like/

  Posted by Fabian Frenzel in School of Business Blog on April 1, 2017 Now that Prime Minister Teresa May has signed Article 50, ULSB’s Dr Fabian Frenzel discusses the possibilities for post-Brexit immigration.

• The School for Business?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/01/31/the-school-for-business/

  Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on January 31, 2018 In this blog, Professor Martin Parker offers some personal reflections on changes in the teaching and research of management at Leicester in the fifteen years he has worked here.

• Magnetic attraction

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/magnetic-attraction

  From planetary magnetic fields and space particles, to X-ray imaging, our research sheds new light on the solar system.