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• University urges city to stay strong as Leicester lockdown continues

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/university-urges-city-stay-strong-leicester-lockdown-continues

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah urges Leicester to stay strong and continue to follow Government guidelines, after Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced limited relaxations to the local lockdown restrictions.

• Leicester shaking up the Premier League

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-shaking-up-the-premier-league

  Leicester City Football Club has been making a big impact on the Premier League this season, and their success is sending shockwaves, quite literally, through the city of Leicester.

• Could female traders reduce market crashes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/could-female-traders-reduce-market-crashes

  Researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester have shown that increasing the proportion of female traders makes the market more volatile, but at the same time can reduce the occurrence of the most extreme crashes.

• Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood

  Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.

• Expert opinions cover salmonella Trump Chancellor Philip Hammond Juno and support for new mothers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-salmonella-trump-chancellor-philip-hammond-juno-and-support-for-new-mothers

  Dr Primrose Freestone from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has written an article for The Conversation discussing new research into how juices released from the cut-ends of the salad leaves enable Salmonella to grow.

• Research finds no association between weekend staffing levels and patient mortality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/research-finds-no-association-between-the-2018weekend-effect2019-and-patient-mortality

  New research involving researchers from our University has found no association between weekend senior doctor staffing levels and mortality, questioning whether increasing senior doctor weekend working would impact mortality rates.

• Why tens of thousands of people are being forced out of their homes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/why-tens-of-thousands-of-people-are-being-forced-out-of-their-homes

  A new study into the effects of gentrification is to be investigated by a University of Leicester social scientist.

• Work begins to transform Freemen’s Common

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-work-begins-freemens-common

  Freemens A group of people on a construction site posing for a photo|The transformation of the Freemen’s Common area, at the University of Leicester, began today with a ground breaking ceremony.

• Winners of the Dunlop Polymer Engineering Division Prizes

  https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/prizes/dunlop-prizes

  There are two separate Dunlop Prizes of £150 each, awarded for the best graduating MChem student and the best graduating BSc student from the University of Leicester's Department of Chemistry. See a list of previous winners.

• Black History Month event – In Conversation with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/10/12/black-history-month-event-in-conversation-with-dr-maggie-aderin-pocock/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 October 2023 As part of our events to mark Black History Month this October, we’re really excited to have our new Chancellor, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, join us for a very special event on campus on Friday 20...