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• ‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/worms-space-experiment-biological-effects-spaceflight

  Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed and built at Space Park Leicester

• About

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/about/

  This is a biweekly blog covering what is happening in careers provision for postgraduate researchers across the University of Leicester.

• University involved in new trial to fight cancer caused by asbestos

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-involved-in-new-trial-to-fight-cancer-caused-by-asbestos

  Patients with a hard-to-treat type of cancer are being given new hope in a ground-breaking clinical trial.

• Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk

  A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.

• Leicester astronomers comment as Juno arrives at Jupiter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-astronomers-comment-as-juno-arrives-at-jupiter

  After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit this morning during a 35-minute engine burn.  Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8:53 pm.

• Making mental health a priority

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/mental-health-week

  To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has reaffirmed the University of Leicester’s commitment to student and staff mental health.

• Robin Green

  https://le.ac.uk/people/robin-green

  The academic profile of Dr Robin Green, Lecturer in Psychology at University of Leicester

• Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely

  An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.

• Expedition 325: Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2010-11/great-barrier-reef

  January – March 2010 The GBREC expedition is designed to establish the course and effects of the last glaciation in reef settings that developed in tectonically inactive areas located far from glaciated regions.

• Leicester study highlights appeal of hybrid working to University staff

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/hybrid-working

  Research at the University of Leicester has revealed the popularity of hybrid working amongst university staff.