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• Leicester academics argue sexualised drinks advertising undermines anti-rape campaigns

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-academics-argue-sexualised-drinks-advertising-undermines-anti-rape-campaigns

  Environments which incite narratives of loss of control and hypersexuality compromise the ability to counter sexual offending, research suggests.

• 19th January 2014 Sol 517

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/01/19/19th-january-2014-sol-517/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 19, 2014 On Earth rocks that are as ancient as those we are studying on Mars have been destroyed by the tectonic recycling process or heavily metamorphosed.

• Leicester joins student visa pilot

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-joins-student-visa-pilot

  A pilot which is looking at streamlining the process for international Master's students wanting to study in the UK has been extended to 23 universities including our University, the Immigration Minister announced today.

• Research suggests being overweight protects heart surgery patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-suggests-being-overweight-protects-heart-surgery-patients

  Overweight and obese patients are less likely to die in hospital after a heart operation than patients who are a normal weight, according to a study published in the journal Circulation and led by researchers from our University.

• Search for Asian Radio Recordings and Memories in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/search-for-asian-radio-recordings-and-memories-in-leicester

  In the late 1970s and the 1980s two thirds of the Asian population in Leicester listened to the Six O’clock Show on BBC Radio Leicester.

• Project to explore how survival of British hedgehogs is affected by changing climate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/project-to-explore-how-survival-of-british-hedgehogs-is-affected-by-changing-climate

  Researchers from our University will be exploring how the UK’s changing climate could be affecting the survival of British hedgehogs as part of a new project to protect endangered animal species.

• Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations

  An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.

• The Legacy of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/legacy-of-leicester

  From the discovery of the remains of Richard III to the invention of DNA fingerprinting, browse the extraordinary range of fields to which the University of Leicester has contributed.

• Community partners launch Leicester children's health partnership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/30-leicester-childrens-health-partnership

  Kate 2298|Leicester City, Leicester's Hospitals and University of Leicester commit to long-term partnership to make the next generation of children the region's healthiest.

• Leicester Ageing Together Learning event: BAME older people flourishing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-leicester-ageing-together-learning-event-bame-older-people-flourishing

  Leicester ageing together logo|University of Leicester co-organised event to focus on overcoming loneliness among BAME older people in the community.