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• Are we doomed New online course asks how we can make the modern world sustainable

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/are-we-doomed-new-online-course-asks-how-we-can-make-the-modern-world-sustainable

  A new online course, available on the FutureLearn social learning platform, will unpick the complex global challenge that is sustainability and provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

• Treating insomnia may reduce mental health problems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/treating-insomnia-may-reduce-mental-health-problems

  Treating insomnia with online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could reduce mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and paranoia, according to a large randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

• Research brings hope of new treatment for asthma sufferers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-brings-hope-of-new-treatment-of-asthma-sufferers

  Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by Dr Ruth Saunders from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.

• Graduate doctor rushes to aid of stab victim in London tube station

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/graduate-doctor-rushes-to-aid-of-stab-victim-in-london-tube-station

  A heroic doctor rushed to the rescue after a man was stabbed in a terrorist attack in a London tube station.

• Researchers trial system for improved sea safety

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-trial-system-for-improved-sea-safety

  Dr Nigel Bannister from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and planes lost at sea - such as the missing Malaysian flight MH370.

• Free online course provides insights into Richard III reinterment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/free-online-course-provides-insights-into-richard-iii-reinterment

  From Medieval cuisine to the War of the Roses, the third run of the free popular ‘England in the Time of King Richard III’ online course, which is launching Monday 16 February, will offer a fascinating insight into life during 15th century England in the build up to the...

• 38m super lightweight mirror chosen for ChineseFrench space mission

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps3-8m-super-lightweight-mirror-chosen-for-chinese-french-space-mission

  The University has announced the signature of a contract to develop an innovative new type of X-ray mirror for a telescope to be flown on an orbiting observatory to be launched in 2021.

• Financial Markets and Institutions

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/finance-governance-and-enterprise/financial-markets-and-institutions

  The speed and direction of countries’ economic development are tightly linked to the structure, size, and quality of their financial markets.

• Suggested reading

  https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading

  If you’d like to expand your awareness of Geography, take a look at our reading suggestions. (Don’t worry, it’s not compulsory!) BSc Geography Bullard: Dumping in Dixie.

• Academic year: 1998-1999

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/98-99

  Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 1998-1999.