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University shortlisted for best work experience programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/university-shortlisted-for-best-work-experience-programme
University of Leicester’s Accelerate Your Career programme shortlisted for Best Work Experience Programme at the Institute of Student Employers 2020 Awards.
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Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/moles
Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways of avoiding this unpleasant experience over the summer.
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University volunteers plant thousands of bulbs at Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/botanic-garden-crocus-plant-nick-bailey
Green fingered volunteers are helping to plant 80,000 crocus bulbs in Leicester’s Botanic Garden this week
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Conference shows how empathy can help patients and healthcare professionals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/empathy-conference-leicester-patients
A major conference in Leicester has shown how using empathy in healthcare consultations can improve outcomes for both patients and clinicians
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Groundbreaking international empathy conference will return
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/empathy-conference-network-leicester
A pioneering network dedicated to championing the use of empathy in healthcare consultations has confirmed its groundbreaking international conference will return in 2027.
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Routine eye screening provides a window to heart health in type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/eye-screening-heart-disease-diabetes
New findings by Leicester experts have shown that routine eye screening could also be used for early detection of underlying heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes
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University of Leicester President and Vice-Chancellor responds to new report on the value of a university degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/president-vice-chancellor-responds-value-degree
Comment by Professor Sir Nishan Canagarajah
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University of Leicester study reveals rise in retail losses linked to self-checkouts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/retail-loss-self-checkout
University of Leicester research reveals self‑checkouts now dominate retail transactions but are linked to rising losses, with errors and theft costing businesses significantly.
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University of Leicester holds life-saving heart screenings with Cardiac Risk in the Young
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/life-saving-heart-screenings-cardiac-risk-young
94 young people from the University of Leicester community received a heart screening with all individuals receiving an all clear
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International Women’s Day marked by research leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/international-womens-day-validate-leicester
Andrea Cooper, from the University of Leicester’s School of Biological Sciences, is celebrating the vital work of research network, VALIDATE, as part of International Women’s Day (8 March).