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• Event invites visitors to have fun with fungus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/event-invites-visitors-to-have-fun-with-fungus

  Members of the public are being invited to visit the Botanic Garden in Oadby to find out more about fungi. The Leicestershire Fungi Study Group is presenting a table display of specimens found in the Botanic Garden for the public to view. Taking place in Knoll House from 10.

• Feelings and mental health explored in first interdisciplinary PhD studentship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/feelings-and-mental-health-explored-in-first-interdisciplinary-phd-studentship

  New research that will investigate the possible role of feelings in the mental health difficulties associated with psychotic-spectrum diagnoses such as schizophrenia will be made possible by the first interdisciplinary PhD studentship to be fully funded by the University.

• Hundreds of European students expected to visit Leicester for annual Congress of Polish Student Societies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/hundreds-of-european-students-expected-to-visit-leicester-for-annual-congress-of-polish-student-societies

  A distinguished annual event which travels the country attracting hundreds of Polish students from across Europe will be hosted at our University between 26 - 28 February.

• $100 Million Women: Hollywood’s Women Directors

  https://le.ac.uk/arts/research/100-million-women

  Dr Claire Jenkins’ project $100 Million Women explores the careers of women directors working in Hollywood who have made over $100 million at the American domestic box office with a single film.

• Landscape History

  https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters/landscape-history

  Dr Richard Jones takes his students out into the field to explore the English Landscape and to discover what histories it can tell.

• Leicester student sets British Rubiks cube record

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-student-sets-british-rubiks-cube-record

  A Leicester student has become the fastest British person to solve a Rubik's cube after he solved the puzzle in a staggering 6.54 seconds.

• Conference to examine effectiveness of government drive to widen access to university

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/conference-to-examine-effectiveness-of-government-drive-to-widen-access-to-university

  How can young people from disadvantaged backgrounds be encouraged to attend university and gain a higher education? This question will be discussed at our University's Widening Participation Summit on 21 March when university staff will report on new initiatives and...

• University renews partnership with Santander Universities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-renews-partnership-with-santander-universities

  Our University is to receive more funding from Santander Universities UK, bringing the value of the next three years of this partnership to over £300,000.

• Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology

  https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/leicester-international-institute

  The Department of Chemistry is proud to be one of the first departments at Leicester to participate in this exciting new venture between the University of Leicester and Dalian University of Technology.

• Training programmes for industry

  https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/facilities/training-industry

  The Department of Chemistry runs work-based courses at differing entry levels. Our research in chemical biology, green chemistry and analytical chemistry/environmental monitoring means that we can tailor our courses to suit your organisational needs.