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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
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Student nurses scoop prestigious awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/nursing-times-awards-leicester
Student Nurses Daud Malida and Lily Scott, from the University of Leicester, have won Student Nursing Times Awards
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Leicester researchers shed new light on extragalactic event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/researchers-shed-light-extragalactic-event
University of Leicester scientists discover that a Fast X-ray Transient (FXT) called EP250108a is the result of a massive star exploding.
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Exosens invests £1m to propel space research and innovation for the METEOR programme in partnership with Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/exosens
Exosens has worked with University of Leicester academics for more than 25 years, on projects such as the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) instrument the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo mission
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Channels Receptors and Signalling
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/research/channels-receptors-and-signalling
Find out more about Channels, Receptors and Signalling research at the University of Leicester.
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Room types
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/room-types
Find out about the different room types in our halls, from twin bedrooms to one-bedroom flats, including information on adapted rooms for disabled students.
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How you can help
https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/information-for-parents-and-supporters/how-you-can-help
Find out how parents and supporters can help students feel comfortable and supported when moving to university.
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Payment methods
https://le.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/payment-methods
Before making payment Students are often targeted by fraudsters. The University has a zero-tolerance policy to fraud. If any payment made for a student is found to be fraudulent the student will face disciplinary action, including expulsion.
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Prabhleen sets her sights on breaking down language barriers for Leicester’s new mums
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nhs-midwifery
As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service, here we take a look at a story from Prabhleen Mann, who qualified in 2022 as a midwife from the University of Leicester.