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• Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets

  Date: 25 November 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/diabetes-care-targets-khunti-leicester

  A global study involving academics from the University of Leicester has found that only 12 per cent of individuals with the condition are...

• Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations

  Date: 24 February 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations

  An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife...

• Special ceremony sees University of Leicester celebrate its Rutland roots

  Date: 10 June 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/special-ceremony-university-leicester-celebrate-rutland-roots

  The links between the University of Leicester and the county of Rutland were celebrated at a special event held in Lyddington.

• University of Leicester and University of Western Macedonia sign strategic partnership agreement

  Date: 4 June 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/leicester-university-western-macedonia-strategic-partnership-agreement

  The University of Leicester has marked the start of a strategic partnership with the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM) which will see the...

• Leicester doctor awarded grant to reduce risks of heart attacks and strokes

  Date: 31 October 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-saratzis-grant

  A vascular surgeon from Leicester’s Hospitals has been awarded a four-year grant worth over £1 million from the National Institute for Health...

• The Bulletin - Leicester researching how to reduce heart disease risk

  Date: 4 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/the-bulletin-leicester-researching-how-to-reduce-heart-disease-risk

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the research set to reduce heart disease risk for...

• University of Leicester and Perpetual Atomics achieve major qualification milestone for the Americium Radioisotope Heater Unit

  Date: 29 April 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/major-qualification-milestone-americium-radioisotope-heater-unit

  Radioisotope power technology proves its resilience under the extreme forces of a rocket launch and the environments of planetary surfaces

• Research team receives 65 million for EURO SHOCK heart attack study

  Date: 13 December 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/research-team-receives-20ac6-5-million-for-euro-shock-heart-attack-study

  A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, UK - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of...

• Head of British Army to give public talk

  Date: 11 July 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/head-of-british-army-to-give-public-talk

  The head of the British Army General Sir Nicholas Carter is to deliver a keynote lecture at our University on Wednesday 20 July 2016 from 1.

• TV legend Johnny Ball gets University of Leicester staff, students and local schoolchildren thinking of numbers

  Date: 19 November 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/tv-legend-johnny-ball-thinking-numbers

  The science and mathematics communicator visited University of Leicester to launch the NSPCC’s Number Day 2026 and joined Dr Josh Smalley, chemist...