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  • Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/jwst-first-light

    Scientists and engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been part of the Webb project for more than 20 years and have been involved in the design, manufacture and testing of Webb’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI).

  • The Poetics of Plants in Latin American Literature

    https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/research/poetics-of-plants

    An overview of Professor Lesley Wylie's Leverhulme-funded project exploring the poetics of plants in Latin American Literature

  • What Brexit could mean for the University sector

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/what-brexit-could-mean-for-the-university-sector

    Professor Iain Gillespie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Enterprise at our University, has commented on how UK universities and EU funding will be affected by Brexit - and the need for the government to provide answers.

  • Get to know your brain

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/get-to-know-your-brain

    Have you ever wondered how the brain actually works- what makes us move, feel, think, and listen? On Wednesday 14 March, in the midst of global Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a day of events will provide the public with an opportunity to learn all about how the brain functions.

  • Models of Risk, Crisis and Disaster

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn7635

    Module code: MN7635 This module describes the likely orientations of seven potential participants to a situation of risk assessment, crisis or disaster management - from the necessary dispassion and objectivity of central government departments, to the committed agendas...

  • Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen

    As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of Canadian men who spent time in Leicester exactly 100 years ago.

  • Study finds high blood sugar levels could lead to heart attack complications

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-finds-high-blood-sugar-levels-could-lead-to-heart-attack-complications

    A team led by Dr Richard Rainbow from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which the level of sugar in your blood can affect the contraction of blood vessels, with potentially dangerous effects on the heart and...

  • Living the Anthropocene

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy7712

    Module code: GY7712 This module provides an in-depth introduction to the Anthropocene. In particular, it focuses on the ways in which humans have become geological agents, and on the effects that such agency has on Earth’s bio-physical systems.

  • Living the Anthropocene

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy7712

    Module code: GY7712 This module provides an in-depth introduction to the Anthropocene. In particular, it focuses on the ways in which humans have become geological agents, and on the effects that such agency has on Earth’s bio-physical systems.

  • Living the Anthropocene

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy7712

    Module code: GY7712 This module provides an in-depth introduction to the Anthropocene. In particular, it focuses on the ways in which humans have become geological agents, and on the effects that such agency has on Earth’s bio-physical systems.

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