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• Awards for our University from the Royal Astronomical Society

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/awards-for-our-university-from-the-royal-astronomical-society

  A leading academic from our University is to receive a prize this week from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Mark Lester, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is Chair of the SuperDARN executive council and currently leads the project.

• Research into agricultural revolution in AngloSaxon England sheds new light on medieval land use

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/research-into-2018agricultural-revolution2019-in-anglo-saxon-england-sheds-new-light-on-medieval-land-use

  Researchers from our University will be shedding new light on how an ‘agricultural revolution’ in Anglo-Saxon England fueled the growth of towns and markets as part of a new project investigating medieval farming habits.

• Calcium is key to age-related memory loss

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-presynaptic-calcium

  Research in our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour is offering new clues into how and why cognitive functions such as memory and learning become impaired with age.

• Pivoting on Price Workshop

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/01-pivoting-price-finance-workshop

  The University of Leicester is holding an evening workshop for finance managers on the skills to innovate business models using ‘design thinking’ and ‘pivoting’. It will be a fast-paced, hands-on session where attendees will learn by doing.

• New Fungal Spore Calendar helps allergy and asthma sufferers plan for better health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/fungal-calendar

  Leicester researchers have developed England’s first comprehensive fungal spore calendar—a valuable new tool designed to help allergy and asthma patients better manage symptoms through seasonal awareness

• Working at home is ‘a double-edged sword’, new research reveals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/home-working

  New research conducted by academics at the Universities of Leicester and Exeter has revealed how working at home can be ‘a double-edged sword’.

• University-supported enterprise picks up regional award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/brainberry

  An innovative healthcare collaboration supported by the University of Leicester has been recognised with a regional award.

• Postgraduate programmes

  https://le.ac.uk/media/study/postgraduate

  Learn about the postgraduate courses available in Media and Communications at the University of Leicester. We offer full-time campus-based Masters degrees alongside distance learning programmes for those seeking more flexible learning opportunities.

• Film shows ‘breathtaking’ emissions reductions during lockdown

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/07-air-quality-plots

  r7tYw_-00PM 7_3sFlNW5s8 AOmWrlpnzyE|Timelapse satellite imagery from the University of Leicester reveals startling reductions in air pollution.

• 180 new medics graduate early to join fight against COVID-19

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/medics-graduate

  Medicine students from the University of Leicester will graduate early today, to join the NHS in the fight against coronavirus.