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• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july

  Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he discusses the famous painting commissioned by the Duke of Wellington after he triumphed over Napoleon.

• Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry

  Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/drc/research

  The Diabetes Research Centre has more than 150 staff and postgraduate students, including over 30 academic staff.

• University of Leicester and Birmingham Museums Trust join forces to tackle museum attendance and benefit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/birmingham-museums-trust

  The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) will host a series of public workshops to address the museum attendance and benefit gap.

• £10 billion space telescope has only just begun to reveal universe’s secrets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/jwst-anniversary

  Engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester, who have been part of the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission for 20 years, reflect on the first anniversary of its first images release.

• Midwifery academic wins regional award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/midwifery

  Dr Helen McIntyre has won a regional award for embedding best practice in infant feeding within midwifery education to improve maternal and infant health

• Health study with 11,000 participants celebrates 10 year anniversary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/exceed

  A major health study led by the University of Leicester has recruited a staggering 11,000 patients across the city and county since it began 10 years ago.

• Festive stories from Leicesters past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festive-christmas-stories-from-leicesters-past

  Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, so the popular rhyme goes - although for many it will be a plump turkey sitting upon the table during Christmas lunch.

• From air travel getting safer to the doublestandards of sex tourism

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/from-air-travel-getting-safer-to-the-double-standard-of-sex-tourism

  In the latest in a series of opinion pieces Dr Simon Bennett from the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning has written an article for The Conversation discussing how despite what news stories may suggest, air travel is actually getting safer.

• Survey aims to address research challenges for pharmacists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/pharmacy-survey

  A nationwide survey, led by the University of Leicester, has been launched to explore the challenges faced by pharmacy professionals to lead and deliver research