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• Street Law

  https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/street-law

  After being helped by a youth homelessness project when she was younger, a University of Leicester student is now spearheading a project to bring legal clout to the streets of Leicester.

• University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award

  The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years

• Events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East

  https://le.ac.uk/about/conflict-support/israel-palestine

  See more about the current events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, and the University's response.

• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/about

  Project background and methodology From the 18th century, many technological innovations (such as gas and electric light, bells and telephones, piped water supplies, heating systems and sanitation) became available but the isolated nature of many country estates meant that...

• Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/tracking-a-solar-eruption-through-the-solar-system

  Ten spacecraft, from ESA’s Venus Express to NASA’s Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event.

• What if the Philippines and Guinea belong to America?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/03/20/what-if-the-philippines-and-guinea-belong-to-america/

  Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 20, 2014 In the context of the Carceral Archipelago project, my research addresses the circulation of convicts to and within colonial and post-colonial Latin America, in connection to other (“free” and “unfree”)...

• Edward Derbyshire

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.

• Entomology fieldtrip turns into a once in a lifetime opportunity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/cicadas

  A University of Leicester researcher has witnessed a once in a lifetime experience on a trip to the United States.

• Pioneering Leicester researcher ready for ‘mind-blowing’ space images

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/naomi-rowe-gurney

  Raised in Newbury, Berskhire – on Watership Down, made famous by the fantasy novel – Naomi is also a pioneer as the first Black woman to receive a PhD from Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/karen-brown

  Trial led by University of Leicester scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.