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• Research puts lens on a new vision for land use decision making

  Date: 8 June 2023

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ-led research provides a guide to better and more transparent decisions for our land, conclusions from research as part of...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ cements top 50 position in global sustainability ranking

  Date: 1 June 2023

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ranked 49th out of 1591 universities in the world, among the top 3.

• Road noise makes your blood pressure rise – literally

  Date: 23 March 2023

  /news/2023/march/road-noise

  Study shows the sound of traffic is associated with increased risk of hypertension, calls for public health measures to reduce noise exposure

• University signs up to Leicestershire climate change pact

  Date: 2 March 2023

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is one of those that has signed up to the Leicestershire Climate and Nature Pact.

• University programme recognised for work helping Leicestershire businesses reach Net Zero

  Date: 1 December 2022

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  A Â鶹ÊÓƵ programme has been commended by the Higher Education sector’s most prestigious awards for sustainability in the UK.

• Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe

  Date: 23 June 2022

  /news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality

  Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ joins major new campaign committed to action on climate

  Date: 28 April 2022

  /news/2022/april/climate-action

  Just four in 10 parents of 16 to 18-year-olds in the East Midlands believe that UK universities are equipping the next generation of students with...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates top 1.6% global sustainability ranking

  Date: 27 April 2022

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked among the top global universities for its...

• Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery

  Date: 22 April 2022

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  The next generation of climate change superheroes discovered the importance of our home in space at the launch of a new National Space Centre...

• Earth Observation research detects methane over Poland’s coal mines

  Date: 21 March 2022

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  Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used by Leicester-based Earth Observation experts to detect...