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• Researcher wins Newton Fund Grant for Disasters and Development Research Network

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/researcher-wins-newton-fund-grant-for-disasters-and-development-research-network

  A new project led by Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong from the Department of Media and Communication seeks to explore how media and communication technologies can be used during disasters as well as promote social welfare in the developing world.

• Sue Lee

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sue-lee

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• Paul Herrington (1939-2019)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/paul-herrington

  It is with great sadness that we report the death of Paul Herrington, a member of the University’s Economics (and latterly Geography) Departments for over 40 years. Paul grew up in South London and then Essex.

• University to mark death of fallen soldier who played a part in its founding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-to-mark-death-of-fallen-soldier-who-played-a-part-in-its-founding

  Our University is marking the 100th anniversary of the death in action during the First World War of a brave soldier who played a part in its founding.

• University of Leicester bestows honour on English student-turned-inspiring-author

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/jeffrey-boakye

  A University of Leicester graduate who has enjoyed a successful career as an author, broadcaster and educator has been awarded an honorary degree by his alma mater.

• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27

  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.

• University of Leicester ranked in UK top three for COVID-19 research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/leicester-ranked-in-uk-top-three-for-covid-19-research

  Leicester has been ranked as one of the top performing universities in the UK for COVID-19 research.

• The ‘Learning Outcomes Project’: update on activities – University of Leicester.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/11/24/projupdate/

  The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. The 'Learning Outcomes Project': update on activities.

• Supporting student learning in 2020-21: avoiding a common misstep

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2020/06/04/supporting-student-learning-in-2020-21-avoiding-a-common-misstep/

  Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 4, 2020 One if the many important questions to have arisen during the current pandemic, is how we can effectively induct and orient students into new ways and, indeed, new modes of...

• Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions

  Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their health at risk because they are not taking their medications correctly.