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• Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/fruit-air-pollution-lung-function

  Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam by Leicester scientists

• Pump Priming Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/funding-opportunities/pump-priming-awards

  Yearly or Bi-yearly Pump Priming Awards linked to BHF Accelerator

• Quarantine support available for international students heading to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/quarantine

  The University of Leicester has published clear guidance for international students traveling to the UK this autumn, offering no-cost accommodation to every student required to quarantine.

• New report finds nuclear weapons and related systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-nuclear-report

  Report involving Dr Andrew Futter finds nuclear weapon increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack

• Two new volcanic ‘super-eruptions’ discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/yellowstone

  A new study published in Geology by Leicester academics has highlighted the discovery of two new super-eruptions originating from the Yellowstone hotspot track, including what they believe was the volcanic province’s largest and most cataclysmic event.

• Announcing 2022 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/17/announcing-2022-summer-internships-for-leicester-undergraduates/

  Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) scheme for 3rd and 4th year Leicester undergraduates.

• New Leicester research demonstrates the migrant work ethic exists in the short term

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/new-leicester-research-demonstrates-the-2018migrant-work-ethic2019-exists-in-the-short-term

  The received wisdom that migrant workers have a stronger ‘work ethic’ than UK-born workers is proven for the first time, in a new study of Central and East European migrants, from our School of Business.

• Banning of burquinis is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship expert suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/banning-of-2018burquinis2019-is-a-step-towards-depriving-muslim-women-of-equal-citizenship-expert-suggests

  The recent banning of the ‘burquini’ in Cannes is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.

• Economics Skylark Scholarship and Economics Award

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/economics-skylark

  The Economics Skylark Scholarship and Economics Award are intended for applicants with Black African or Caribbean heritage from socio-economically challenged backgrounds who will be commencing study of an Economics undergraduate degree programme.

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/publications

  This list provides information about some of our publications. Further details of these and other publications produced by staff in the Centre for Urban History can be found within individual staff pages.