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Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/supervision/chemistry
Find your research degree supervisor in Chemistry at Leicester.
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Ethnic minority and poorer children more likely to die in intensive care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/ethnic-minority-death-children-intensive-care-leicester
Children from ethnic minority backgrounds and those living in areas with higher levels of child poverty are more likely to die in intensive care than White children and those from the least deprived areas, new study by University of Leicester researchers shows
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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US Elections and African Americans
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/us-elections-and-african-americans/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 The NAACP has declared that certain US states have introduced practices which are restricting black voting rights in the report Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to...
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The Carceral Archipelago Conference, Leicester 13-16 September 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/09/21/the-carceral-archipelago-conference-leicester-13-16-september-2015/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on September 21, 2015 The Carceral Archipelago conference , held in Leicester from 13 to 16 September 2015, felt just like reading over thirty outstanding monographs in two-and-a-half days, getting to know their authors...
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Medical Genetics BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-genetics-bsc/2026
Genetics and molecular biology already tell us so much about who we are. But when researched and tested in the right ways, they also tell us how to better diagnose and treat disease. If this sounds up your alley, this degree is for you.
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Could human tissue be used by researchers in place of animal models
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/could-human-tissue-be-used-by-researchers-in-place-of-animal-models
Professor Peter Bradding from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation is involved in a research project examining how to expand the use of human lung tissue to reduce the use of animal tissue in research.
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Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-neuroscience-bsc/2026
No computer is more powerful or complex than the human brain. And you’ll get to study the central role it plays in our nervous system – and what can happen when it goes wrong. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.
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Human Rights and Global Ethics MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/human-rights-and-global-ethics-ma/2025
The gap between the promise and reality of universal human rights is worrying. Strides are being taken, but there’s still much to do. This Masters in human rights and global ethics addresses this challenge on both a conceptual and practical level.
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Is your bank under stress?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/is-your-bank-under-stress/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Read the latest report from the Bank of England for 2015 – the tests ‘assess the resilience of UK banks and building societies to a deterioration in global economic conditions.