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• Student research project hopes to help tackle undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/student-research-project-hopes-to-help-tackle-undernutrition-in-sub-saharan-africa

  Exchange students studying on the University of Leicester’s Natural Sciences programme have been involved in a research project investigate major public health concerns in developing nations, including sub-Saharan Africa.

• Success for student entrepreneur in national space challenge competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/success-for-student-entrepreneur-in-national-space-challenge-competition

  A Leicester student is among only nine young space entrepreneurs to have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.

• Never too late to learn what motivates mature students to return to learning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/never-too-late-to-learn-what-motivates-mature-students-to-return-to-learning

  A new project has been awarded funding from the College of Social Science Research Development Fund to investigate the motivations and outcomes for mature students who study at undergraduate level part-time.

• Leicester maths student shows entrepreneurial flair with unique student tuition business

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-maths-student-shows-entrepreneurial-flair-with-unique-student-tuition-business

  A third year maths student at Leicester has demonstrated her entrepreneurial skills by setting up a successful student tuition business.

• The curse of zombie fossils

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-curse-of-zombie-fossils

  New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose and lose body parts as they decay - and the ways in which decayed bodies ultimately become fossilised.

• Tuesday 20th Nov. Sol 104

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/20/tuesday-20th-nov-sol-104/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 20, 2012 We have moved from Rocknest where our analyses of soil, rocks and atmosphere are complete.  We have a lot of data to examine.

• Prize-winning poster!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/09/16/prize-winning-poster/

  Posted by ekirk in Law in Children's Lives on September 16, 2015 We are delighted to announce that our project has just won the poster prize at the Society for Legal Scholars conference in York, which was attended by our project leader, Dr. Dawn Watkins.

• Brexit and the EU Referendum

  https://le.ac.uk/brexit

  We realise that the process of the UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) represents considerable uncertainty for our students, staff and external partners. In many cases this can extend to individuals' professional and personal lives.

• Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-fossils-vertebrates-four-eyes

  Study by international team of researchers, including a University of Leicester palaeontologist, examines exquisitely preserved fossils from the Cambrian period

• Bad gut bacteria could raise risk of premature death for people with heart failure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/heart-gut-bacteria-premature-death

  Poor gut health could increase the risk of dying early or being hospitalised by almost ten per cent for people with heart failure, new research at the University of Leicester shows.