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Leicester scientists identify novel approach to treat and prevent global health threat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-scientists-identify-novel-approach-to-treat-and-prevent-global-health-threat
Leicester scientists have previously identified the potential of using a bacteriophage cocktail to eradicate Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and in this research, using an insect model, they show that their prophylactic use can prevent infection forming in the first...
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Head of British Army to give public talk
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 1.45pm-3pm in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Centre for Medicine, 15 Lancaster Road.
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Students to unveil Silverstone race car design
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/student-to-unveil-silverstone-race-car-design
Student racing enthusiasts will be unveiling their designs for a racing car which will be competing at Silverstone later this year at an event on 11 February at 6pm prior to the University’s 18th Annual Industry Lecture.
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Academic cited among Britains most influential people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/academic-cited-among-britains-most-influential-people
Professor Helen Atkinson CBE (pictured), Head of the Department of Engineering, has been cited among the Debrett’s 500 most influential people in Britain.
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Exhibition showcases fascinating relationship between India and Britain between 17th and 20th centuries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/exhibition-showcases-exhibition-showcases-2018fascinating-relationship2019-between-india-and-britain-between-17th-and-20th-centuries
An exhibition running at our University traces the history of the British in India from the early 17th century to the turn of the 20th.
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New research sheds light on how reward-induced behaviour in the brain may be controlled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-reward-induced-behaviour-in-the-brain-may-be-controlled
A new study has shed light on how reward-associated behaviour can be controlled by different groups of neurons in the brain.
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Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot
George Eliot George Eliot illustration|The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist George Eliot.
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Plutarch’s domestic life explored in public lecture by expert in ancient history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-plutarch-talk
Ancient Greek writer Plutarch is the subject of a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on 26 November. Professor Judith Mossman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University of Coventry, will speak on ‘At Home in Chaironeia: Domestic Detail in Plutarch’.
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Managing migration
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/managing-migration
Dr Zovanga L. Kone discusses managed migration, and how migration improves global economies.
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About the consent form
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/body-donation-programme/consent-form
A bequest cannot be accepted without an appropriately signed and witnessed Consent Form, or a legal document drawn up with reference to the Human Tissue Act 2004. Find out more about our donation Consent Form.