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• The Holocaust

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs7026

  Module code: HS7026 The Holocaust is probably the most horrific and challenging phenomenon of the 20th Century. Approximately 6 million European Jews were murdered by Germans and their collaborators, more than a million by face to face shootings.

• Environmental Communication

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms3003

  Module code: MS3003 From climate change, fracking, and pollution of the environment to genetic modification and the safety of our food, the media are a major source of public information about everyday risks.

• Leicester academic discusses the problems facing preterm babies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-academic-discusses-the-problems-facing-preterm-babies

  Dr Samantha Johnson, from the Department of Health Sciences, discussed the long-term development of extremely preterm babies on BBC Inside Out East Midlands on Monday 6 March.

• Helping police respond to domestic violence

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/impact-case-studies/helping-police-respond-to-domestic-violence

  Project 360 changed the way national and international police forces deal with violence cases and was recommended as good practice in Parliament policy briefings and independent police effectiveness evaluations.

• Urbanisms

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3604

  Module code: AR3604 It is estimated that by 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities – but what is it that makes a city, and how have people changed and adapted to urban living? Archaeology is well-placed to examine a range of information about...

• Only Good Antibodies Community

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/projects/collaboration/only-good-antibodies-community

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• Congratulations to Dr. Henrik Melin: New Webb Fellow!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/03/01/congratulations-to-dr-henrik-melin-new-webb-fellow/

  Dr Henrik Melin, of the University of Leicester, has been awarded a five-year Fellowship to study the giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), with support from the University of Leicester.

• Mexican Cookery and the Importance of Chilies – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/22/mexican-cookery-and-the-importance-of-chillies/

  Project PI Deborah Toner writes about Mexican cookery and the use of dried chilies therein, based on a weekend of cookery-based relaxation, following the completion of the Consuming Authenticies recipe book.

• Acarajé diaries. Day 6 – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/30/acaraje-diaries-day-6/

  Project co-investigator Ana Martins describes here research on Acarajé, and ongoing fieldwork in Salvador.

• Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness

  New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.