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• Research to examine how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-to-examine-how-children-use-social-media-to-promote-mental-wellbeing-and-seek-health-advice

  A new project led by Dr Michelle O'Reilly from the Department of Sociology aims to explore the role social media plays in promoting mental health and wellbeing in children.

• New Alzheimers Advance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance

  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the life-span of the terminally ill mice.

• Leicester pupils learn about research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-pupils-learn-about-research

  Pupils from Beaumont Leys School had a guided tour around the Leicester Diabetes Centre, based at Leicester General Hospital, as part of a study into the prevention of Type 2 diabetes in young people.

• Leicester prepares for Junos arrival at Jupiter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-prepares-for-juno2019s-arrival-at-jupiter

  4 July will see the arrival of the NASA spacecraft Juno at Jupiter where soon after it will begin its orbit insertion manoeuvre of the giant planet.

• Understanding inequalities in cause-specific infant mortality

  https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/older-projects/understanding-inequalities-in-cause-specific-infant-mortality

  Find out more about the research on understanding inequalities in cause-specific infant mortality at the University of Leicester.

• Determined student overcoming brain injury secures a place at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/determined-student-overcoming-brain-injury-secures-a-place-at-leicester

  The achievements of an A Level student who has secured a place to study at our University while working to overcome a brain injury have been celebrated by the charity who supported him.

• University of Leicester announces new Doctoral College

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-of-leicester-announces-new-doctoral-college

  A new Doctoral College that will help to nurture the next generation of researchers and equip them with leadership and enterprise skills has been launched at our University today.

• Research reveals polarised access to work for young people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/research-reveals-polarised-access-to-work-for-young-people

  A new study involving our University raises concerns that employment and career development opportunities for young people are becoming polarised between those with the resources to access secure, fulfilling employment and those on the path to precarious and unpredictable...

• Leicester geologist invited to present findings to European Geosciences Union

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-geologist-invited-to-present-findings-to-european-geosciences-union

  A geologist from our University  will present his research into earthquakes to the European Geosciences Union conference in Vienna on 25 April.

• Research degrees

  https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees

  Find out about undertaking a PhD or MPhil in Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.