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• The sting of the bling

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/sustainable-metal-extraction

  Experts Professor Gawen Jenkin and Dr Dan Smith explain the importance of pursuing sustainable methods of metal extraction in order to tackle climate change.

• Male DNA cracks crime and illuminates history

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-and-crime

  Professor Mark Jobling discusses how research into the Y-chromosome helps in solving crime.

• Viking grave discovery suggests warrior of high status was buried at Scottish site

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/viking-grave-discovery-suggests-warrior-of-high-status-was-buried-at-scottish-site

  New light has been shed on a 10th century Viking boat burial site at Swordle Bay in western Scotland, which was discovered by University researchers in 2011.

• Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare practitioners (In person)

  https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-practitioners-in-person

  Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare practitioners (In person)

• Julie Norton

  https://le.ac.uk/people/julie-norton

  The academic profile of Dr Julie Norton, Director of Postgraduate Research and Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics/TESOL at University of Leicester

• New research project to improve early recognition and treatment of perinatal complications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-perinatal-complications-pregnancy-birth

  University of Leicester-led study to explore women’s use of websites and apps to diagnose problems during later stages of pregnancy.

• Artificial Intelligence tool successfully predicts fatal heart rhythm

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/ai-heart-rhythm

  In a Leicester study that looked at whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to predict whether a person was at risk of a lethal heart rhythm, an AI tool correctly identified the condition 80 per cent of the time.

• Kirtthi finds her perfect path thanks to Clearing at the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/kirtthi-medicine-clearing-university-leicester

  Kirtthi always dreamed of studying at the University of Leicester but when results day didn't go how she expected, she thought that her dream would not come through.

• Ecuadorian thoughts on religion, power and the subaltern classes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/07/10/ecuadorian-thoughts-on-religion-power-and-the-subaltern-classes/

  Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on July 10, 2016 The Iglesia de la Merced , in Quito, was built in 1737 on the remains of the original church that dated from 1538 – four years after the foundation of the city.

• A System of Reintegration and Control: The Dual Functionality of Regional Convict Depots in Western

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/03/20/a-system-of-reintegration-and-control-the-dual-functionality-of-regional-convict-depots-in-western-australia/

  Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on March 20, 2017 By Kellie Moss   Fremantle Prison, Western Australia (authors own image).   The history of convict confinement in Western Australia has been dominated by one towering limestone structure: Fremantle prison.