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• New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals

  Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.

• Scientists suggest significant scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earths history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientists-suggest-significant-scale-of-human-impact-on-planet-has-changed-course-of-earth2019s-history

  The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists led by our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment has suggested.

• Ground control arrives at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/ground-control-arrives-at-leicester

  Scientists at our University are a step closer to controlling their own satellite missions now that a new satellite ground station dish has been installed on campus.

• Universitys English Language Teaching Unit represented at Panama Bilingue Congress

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university2019s-english-language-teaching-unit-represented-at-panama-bilingue-congress

  Last week, Luke Timms from the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) visited Panama primarily to attend the Panama Bilingue Congress, but also to visit some local schools and represent the University at a scholarship fair.

• Geologist to monitor effects of controlled demolition near former city council HQ

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/geologist-to-monitor-effects-of-controlled-demolition-near-former-city-council-hq

  University geologist Dr David Hawthorn will be setting up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition of the site planned for this weekend. Dr David Hawthorn is a seismologist in our Department of Geology.

• Conference to focus on producing graduates with skills employers seek

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/conference-to-focus-on-producing-graduates-with-skills-employers-seek

  The University is enlisting the help of graduate recruiters and employer representatives to identify how its curricula can encourage students to develop the “soft skills” needed in the work place.

• Forthcoming events

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/events

  If you're interested in training to teach, we recommend attending an event run by the University of Leicester or one of our partners. These are an opportunity to chat to those running the PGCE course and find out more about what the course involves.

• Leicester among top three East Midlands universities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/sunday-times

  The University of Leicester has been named among the top three universities in the East Midlands in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.

• Expedition 342: Paleogene Newfoundland Sediment Drifts

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/newfoundland

  June 2012 – August 2012 In June 2012, the JOIDES Resolution set sail to the North Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland, not far from where the RMS Titanic sank 100 years ago.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/cssah/research

  Research institutes, centres, projects and groups comprise the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities research interests at the University of Leicester.