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• Researchers to explore the use of e-cigarettes by young people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researchers-to-explore-the-use-of-e-cigarettes-by-young-people

  A research team led by our University will be exploring how young people use e-cigarettes or ‘vape’ as part of a new project funded by Cancer Research UK entitled 'Adolescent Vaping Careers'.

• International project to tackle risk crisis disaster and development management

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/international-project-to-tackle-risk-crisis-disaster-and-development-management

  Researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Sheffield, in collaboration with Kansai University in Japan, have received a prestigious funding award from Kansai University in order to develop a Future Leader programme for disaster risk management.

• Expert opinions cover degree building Brexit and Gibraltar tinnitus and the BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-degree-building-brexit-and-gibraltar-and-the-bbc

  The government says students should get transferable credits for modules and feel free to move between higher education providers. It sounds nice, but there are big risks, says Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Jon Scott in an article for the Guardian.

• Case of memoryloss man like nothing we have ever seen before

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/case-of-memory-loss-man-like-nothing-we-have-ever-seen-before

  Clinical psychologist Dr Gerald Burgess from the School of Psychology has described treating an individual with a ‘Groundhog Day/Memento’- style memory loss after a root-canal treatment at a dentist as ‘like nothing we have ever seen before’ in a paper published in...

• Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens

  Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.

• Chevening and Commonwealth Shared Scholars share experiences of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/chevening-and-commonwealth-shared-scholars-share-experiences-of-leicester

  The International Office organised a reception on 16 March which was attended by the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University Professor Paul Boyle for this year's recipients of both the Chevening and Commonwealth Shared Scholarship schemes.

• Novel research participant selection technology from Leicester to aid bid to prevent Alzheimers dementia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/novel-data-collection-technology-from-leicester-to-aid-bid-to-prevent-alzheimer2019s-dementia

  A major study involving the University of Leicester to find interventions that prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia has recruited its first participant.

• East Midlands pioneered health innovation shortlisted for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/east-midlands-pioneered-health-innovation-shortlisted-for-national-award

  A ground-breaking intervention to improve junior doctors’ performance – designed in Leicester and developed in Lincolnshire – is attracting global interest and has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

• The Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/scitt/the-leicester-and-leicestershire-scitt

  Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT is a well-established organisation offering both School Direct and School Centred routes to a PGCE, awarded by the University of Leicester.

• Khaled Laib

  https://le.ac.uk/people/khaled-laib

  The academic profile of Dr Khaled Laib, Lecturer at University of Leicester