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• The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference

  A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of research projects carried out at Leicester and Oxford focusing on the dispersal of people from their homelands.

• PhD student works with Syrian refugee children to examine impact of trauma on mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/phd-student-works-with-syrian-refugee-children-to-examine-impact-of-trauma-on-mental-health

  A PhD student from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has described their journey to study at Leicester and how our University has provided opportunities for them to conduct research to help child victims of the Syrian Civil War.

• Are we entering a new age

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/are-we-entering-a-new-age

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology has been interviewed by Academic Minute discussing the Anthropocene and whether mankind has entered a new age.

• TEDx comes to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/tedx-comes-to-leicester

  Some of Leicester’s best known institutions and organisations are getting behind an inspiring event, which is set to bring some of the Leicester’s best thinkers and community activists to the city this year.

• Prehistoric peepers provide vital clue in solving ancient Tully Monster mystery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/prehistoric-peepers-provide-vital-clue-in-solving-ancient-tully-monster-mystery

  A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has been solved by a team from the Department of Geology, which has identified that the ancient ‘Tully Monster’ was a vertebrate - due to the unique characteristics of its eyes.

• Most luminous galaxy is ripping itself apart

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart

  In a far-off galaxy, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, a ravenous black hole is devouring galactic grub. Its feeding frenzy produces so much energy, it stirs up gas across its entire galaxy.

• First photo from Junos Jupiter orbit released

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/first-photo-from-junos-jupiter-orbit-released

  NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent its first in-orbit view. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit around the largest planetary inhabitant of our solar system. The new view was obtained on 10 July at 6.

• Calcium is key to age-related memory loss

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-presynaptic-calcium

  Research in our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour is offering new clues into how and why cognitive functions such as memory and learning become impaired with age.

• Pivoting on Price Workshop

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/01-pivoting-price-finance-workshop

  The University of Leicester is holding an evening workshop for finance managers on the skills to innovate business models using ‘design thinking’ and ‘pivoting’. It will be a fast-paced, hands-on session where attendees will learn by doing.

• Leicester experts to deliver ground-breaking space mission experience

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ground-breaking-space-mission-experience

  Members of the SMILE team at Space Park Leicester will be showcasing their work at the Royal Society on 7 October