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• History graduate discusses experience covering game changing Rio Paralympics for Channel 4

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/history-graduate-discusses-experience-covering-2018game-changing2019-rio-paralympics-for-channel-4

  A graduate from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has discussed his role in covering the Rio Paralympics for Channel 4 – and how the event could be a ‘game changer’ in reforming attitudes towards disability in Brazil.

• XMM-Newton: It was 20 years ago today...

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-xmm-newton

  Tuesday 10 December 2019 is the 20th anniversary of the launch of XMM-Newton, one of the most important astronomical observatories ever sent into orbit.

• Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/webb-mysteries-jupiter-aurora-christmas-lightshow

  Highest time resolution images of Jupiter’s infrared ‘dancing lights’ obtained by University of Leicester-led team on Christmas Day

• ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti: National Space Centre Live Q&A

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/25/esa-astronaut-samantha-cristoforetti-national-space-centre-live-qa/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 November 2020 Join the National Space Centre on Friday 27th November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti takes part in a live Q&A session.

• 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.

• 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...

• 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.

• 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.

• Medicine Calling

  https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/pre-16/medicine-calling

  Learn more about Medicine Calling, which is on a mission to inform, inspire and kickstart careers in mental health care.