News | A University of Leicester academic is set to receive nearly £125,000 through the Springboard scheme to support her research in female-specific susceptibility to diseases

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | Yolanda Markaki Academy of Medical Sciences

Happy #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight ! 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin had his first historic flight into the cosmos, but we also celebrate the first British astronaut in space (and Leics Honorary Doctorate recipient): Helen Sharman.👏

🚀bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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Event | Join us for ‘The place of theory in Babylonian astral science’, presented by Professor John Steele as part of the British Academy’s flagship lecture programme.

📅Thu 9 May, 5.30-6.30pm
📍Bennett Building
🎫buytickets.at/uolevents/1095…

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#FestivalOfChange kicks off today!

Dr Dr Josh Smalley (@BritishBakeOff finalist and postdoc researcher at Leicester Chemistry) will share his chemist journey and explains combining a research career with a passion for food. Josh will also talk about the GBBO!

➡️alumni-events.le.ac.uk/event18.html

#PintOfScience is brewing and returns 13-15 May 🤓‍

Professors and researchers will be in pubs and cafes to blow your mind - from how our brain can 'tell the time' without clocks, how we combat space sickness, and how AI robots will impact us.

👉pintofscience.co.uk/events/leicest…

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News | Findings of global study could aid stroke patient prognosis

➡️ le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | NIHR Research Lucy Beishon Jatinder Minhas Uni of Leicester Cardiovascular Sciences

The holy month of Ramadan has ended and Muslims worldwide are celebrating Eid al-Fitr. 🌙☪️🌄

We wish all who are celebrating #Eid Mubarak a happy Eid al-fitr! 🍬

#Eid | #Eid AlFitr | #Eid 2024 | #Ramadan2024

News | Leicester engineers work on power systems for lunar rovers

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | @SpaceParkLeics Universidad Oviedo Universidade de Vigo @ESA

News | Over £2 million funding enables international collaboration for space research at University of Leicester

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange | UK Space Agency | Space Park Leicester | Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester

#HappyBirthday to Sir Geoff Palmer OBE, Leicester Botany graduate and a great of global grain and racial equality.🥳

Did you know we awarded Geoff an honorary doctorate in 2016? And that a student accommodation block was named after him on our Freemen’s campus?

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For a room in University-managed accommodation, prices start from £69/week, including all utility bills, contents insurance, organised events and activities, and 24-hour support.

👉 le.ac.uk/accommodation

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Interested in making a positive difference?

#WorldHealthDay is the perfect time to browse our courses - from Medicine & Healthcare, to Psychology, and Biological & Clinical Sciences.

Find the right course for you: le.ac.uk/study/undergra…

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News | On #WorldHealthDay , learn how #Leicester scientists are part of a team which has discovered a new cause for asthma. ⚕

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

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News | On #WorldHeathDay read more about a Leicester study that looked at whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to predict whether a person was at risk of a lethal heart rhythm. ♥

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

#CitizensOfChange Uni of Leicester Cardiovascular Sciences G. Andre Ng

Today is #WorldHealthDay , marking the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organization (WHO) on 7 April 1948.

The theme for World Health Day 2024 is 'My health, my right’.

👉who.int/campaigns/worl…

NEW blog: @UUKintl Director, Jamie Arrowsmith, reflects on two years of the UK-Ukraine twinning scheme in this new blog.

🎙️ 'The work between UK and Ukrainian institutions has been ambitious, collaborative, and transformative.'

#TwinForHope 👇

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Choosing Leicester will get you the buzz and bustle of a city, and the green of rural England.

Leicestershire is home to the beautiful Bradgate Park, an 850-acre deer park steeped in history and voted in the UK's top 10 most picturesque walking spots.

👉 le.ac.uk/study

News I Four Ukrainian students who found sanctuary at the University of Leicester have extended their UK stay after receiving scholarships.

👉 le.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

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As April showers start early, and spring hovers in the air, there's no place like the cemetery, for peace - never a scare. 🌻🕊️z

#SpringIsComingSoon | #SpringInTheCity | #SpringOnCampus

ICYMI | Happy Heaving Day! Lifting and heaving - an Easter custom

🐣 le.ac.uk/news/2016/marc…

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