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• Criminologists awarded new grant to tackle homophobic transphobic and biphobic hate crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/criminologists-awarded-new-grant-to-tackle-homophobic-transphobic-and-biphobic-hate-crime

  Leicester criminologists have been awarded a grant from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to lead a new project that tackles homophobic, transphobic and biphobic hate crime in Leicester and Leicestershire.

• Reach for the stars with Leicester at GREAT Festival of Innovation 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/reach-for-the-stars-with-leicester-at-great-festival-of-innovation-2018

  The University of Leicester will bring the wonders of the Universe to Hong Kong as part of the UK government’s GREAT Festival of Innovation, which launches its fifty-day countdown from today (30 January).

• Research shows pollution dispersion in cities is improved by trees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/research-shows-pollution-dispersion-in-cities-is-improved-by-trees

  Trees in cities throughout the UK could be significantly improving the quality of the air we breathe by decreasing pollution levels for pedestrians, researchers Department of Physics and Astronomy have suggested in a new study.

• Digital self-management app for people with Chronic Kidney Disease improves knowledge, skills, and confidence in looking after own health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/chronic-kidney

  Researchers from the University of Leicester have developed a web-based app to provide patients living with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) information and guidance on how best to look after themselves

• Early Modern Letter-Writing: Culture and Practice

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7245

  Module code: EN7245 In early modern society, if you were not able to speak to your interlocutor face-to-face, then a letter was your main alternative option for communication.

• Plan a space mission from concept to launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/plan-a-space-mission-from-concept-to-launch

  Planning a space mission from its initial concept through to its design, assembly and take-off is now a reality thanks to the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Space Exploration Systems MSc, which sets students up for a career in the space industry by teaching...

• Professor Alex Mitchell cited as one of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-highly-cited

  Professor Alex Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison Psychiatry, has been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’ by the influential Web of Science Group.

• What is commercial cider

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/23/what-is-commercial-cider/

  Commercial is not equated with money

• Engineering with Foundation Year BEng

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/engineering-with-foundation-year-beng/2025

  Engineers solve problems – including ones involving their education. If you don’t quite have the entry requirements to study an engineering degree at Leicester, this engineering foundation degree will get you there.

• Leicester researchers to evaluate training for health and adult social care staff in England

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/oliver-mcgowan

  Researchers from the University of Leicester are to investigate whether the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, introduced for health and adult social care staff following the death of autistic teenager Oliver McGowan is meeting the needs of people with a learning disability...