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New Vice-Chancellor named

The University of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nishan Canagarajah as its next President and Vice-Chancellor with...

University of Leicester at the forefront of the fight against far right extremism

University of Leicester at the forefront of the fight against far right extremism

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East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government

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1 Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government
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4 TV broadcaster receives top honour from University of Leicester

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Opening up the University archives for Heritage Open Days on 19/20 September

Space education experts assemble in Leicester for ESA conference

£5 million grant for health science PhD students

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£5 million grant for health science PhD students

University of Leicester rated one of the best in the world

Hollywood actress addresses aortic dissection conference

Civil War exhibition draws on Leicester expertise

From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results

Leicester researchers develop novel heart pump to help people with heart failure

Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

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