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• The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference

  A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of research projects carried out at Leicester and Oxford focusing on the dispersal of people from their homelands.

• PhD student works with Syrian refugee children to examine impact of trauma on mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/phd-student-works-with-syrian-refugee-children-to-examine-impact-of-trauma-on-mental-health

  A PhD student from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has described their journey to study at Leicester and how our University has provided opportunities for them to conduct research to help child victims of the Syrian Civil War.

• Are we entering a new age

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/are-we-entering-a-new-age

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology has been interviewed by Academic Minute discussing the Anthropocene and whether mankind has entered a new age.

• Student announced as new Mayor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/student-announced-as-new-mayoress

  A student from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has become the new Mayor of Oadby and Wigston. Samia Haq, a final year Politics student, was inaugurated at a meeting in the council offices followed by a reception at Parklands in Oadby.

• 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.

• Leicester space scientists developing innovative camera system to detect most luminous objects in universe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientists-developing-innovative-camera-system-to-detect-most-luminous-objects-in-universe

  The latest iteration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array’s (CTA) science case, Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, has been made available via the CTA website library and arXiv and will be published in a special edition of International Journal of Modern Physics D in the...

• Leicester experts to deliver ground-breaking space mission experience

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ground-breaking-space-mission-experience

  Members of the SMILE team at Space Park Leicester will be showcasing their work at the Royal Society on 7 October

• Doctoral loan

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/other-funding/doctoral-loan

  If you’re applying for a research degree (PhD) at Leicester, then you may be eligible to apply for the new Government-funded Doctoral Loan.

• 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

• 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.