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• Card play and art reveals children’s views of surrogacy for first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/children-voices-surrogacy

  Children born from or with experience of surrogacy were asked for their views in a study led by University of Leicester that marks the first time children’s voices will be included in surrogacy law reform.

• Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongues

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/ig-nobel-zalasiewicz

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, explains the research that won him an Ig Nobel Prize in 2023.

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.7 million grant for their work in reducing the environmental impact of mineral extraction in the Philippines.

• Major donation to enhance life-changing kidney research at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mayer-igan

  Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a major boost on World Kidney Day following a generous £1million donation from long-term supporter and kidney health advocate Jimmy Mayer.

• The science behind genetic fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/science

  We are all genetically unique - here's a brief overview of what is involved from a scientific perspective.

• Personal statements

  https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/applications-and-cvs/personal-statments

  Your personal statement should showcase your experience and skills. Learn how to write one to further your career.

• Astronomers find surprising shapes in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere over Great Red Spot

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/jupiter-shapes

  Scientists led by the University of Leicester using the James Webb Space Telescope have seen intricate structures in the infrared light from Jupiter's upper atmosphere

• New report raises concerns about the quality of care over baby twin deaths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/twins

  A new study investigating the quality of care provided to women whose twin babies died has revealed that improvements in care may have made a difference to the outcome for the babies in over half (54%) of the pregnancies reviewed.

• Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero

  There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach climate targets such as net zero, a new report warns.

• Bioinformatics MSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/bioinformatics-msc/2026

  This is for you if... you want to study bioinformatics at an advanced level.