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• Lets make living fossils extinct

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/lets-make-living-fossils-extinct

  Research involving Dr Rob Hammond from the Department of Genetics has been cited by the Guardian in an article about 'living fossils' - and if it's time for scientists to retire the term.

• Experts suggest Pokémon Go could ease Type 2 diabetes burden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/2018pokemon-go-could-ease-type-2-diabetes-burden2019-says-expert

  Hundreds of students and staff around the University and city have caught Poké-fever, joining millions of people worldwide in playing viral mobile app Pokémon Go - a virtual reality treasure hunt where players walk to places in the real world to...

• Eddie Izzard brings Stand up for Europe campaign to campus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/eddie-izzard-brings-stand-up-for-europe-campaign-to-campus

  This event has been cancelled. See here for information. Eddie Izzard today (Monday 23rd May) kicked off a new campaign to visit 31 cities in the next 31 days in a bid to get young people to register for the referendum and vote to stay in Europe.

• Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/engineering-the-past/programme

  8.30am-9.00am Registration and Refreshments 9.00am-9.05am Welcome/Induction 9.05am-9.15am Opening Remarks by Professor Richard Thomas 9.15am-10.00am Introductory Keynote: Professor Ian Haynes Engineering and the future of the past: Perspectives from Rome Transformed. 10.00am-10.

• Conference to focus on producing graduates with skills employers seek

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/conference-to-focus-on-producing-graduates-with-skills-employers-seek

  The University is enlisting the help of graduate recruiters and employer representatives to identify how its curricula can encourage students to develop the “soft skills” needed in the work place.

• Large-scale changes in environment revealed through land cover map of the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/large-scale-changes-in-environment-revealed-through-land-cover-map-of-the-uk

  Large-scale changes to the environment of the United Kingdom, including an apparent loss of habitats and agricultural land, have been revealed through an updated national map of land cover launched by Leicester researchers together with consultancy company Specto Natura.

• Ground control arrives at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/ground-control-arrives-at-leicester

  Scientists at our University are a step closer to controlling their own satellite missions now that a new satellite ground station dish has been installed on campus.

• Universitys English Language Teaching Unit represented at Panama Bilingue Congress

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university2019s-english-language-teaching-unit-represented-at-panama-bilingue-congress

  Last week, Luke Timms from the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) visited Panama primarily to attend the Panama Bilingue Congress, but also to visit some local schools and represent the University at a scholarship fair.

• University students work with injured soldiers in unique archaeological project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-students-work-with-injured-soldiers-in-unique-archaeological-project

  A unique collaboration between archaeologists and injured Service personnel sees them pitted in a race against time to discover the secrets of an ancient Roman harbour in Cyprus before they are lost forever to the sea.

• Leicester scientists identify novel approach to treat and prevent global health threat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-scientists-identify-novel-approach-to-treat-and-prevent-global-health-threat

  Leicester scientists have previously identified the potential of using a bacteriophage cocktail to eradicate Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and in this research, using an insect model, they show that their prophylactic use can prevent infection forming in the first...