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PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed
More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.
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Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours
Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment
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Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/commute-air-quality
Their findings show that NO2 concentrations can be higher in car cabins (even electric car cabins) than alongside the road where people are walking and cycling. Some PM2.5 can be removed, for example by pollen filters, meaning PM2.
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Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass
Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note
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IWD 2024: Remember to wear purple or pink in the real world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/iwd-sarah-fox-blog
To mark International Women’s Day, Dr Sarah Jane Fox from Leicester Law School reflects on the drive to achieve gender equality.
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...
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Start your postgraduate journey in January 2026
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/postgraduate-applicants
Learn more about postgraduate courses with start dates in January and April each year.
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England in the time of King Richard III MOOC
https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-england-in-the-time-of-king-richard-iii/2020
Finding the remains of King Richard III in a Leicester car park was an amazing breakthrough. If you’re interested in knowing more about this, as well as the time in England in which he lived, this short online course is for you.
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Broadening our international horizons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/10/11/broadening-our-international-horizons/
Menu Close University Leadership Team Home Broadening our international horizons Broadening our international horizons Posted by on October 11, 2016 When I was 10 years old I bought myself a ‘Teach yourself Chinese’ book.
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Useful links
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links
Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.