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Leicester study to improve crop plants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants
Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.
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Expert opinions cover overdiagnosis and the departure of Sam Allardyce as England football manager
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-overdiagnosis-and-the-departure-of-sam-allardyce
John Williams from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Conversation discussing the departure of Sam Allardyce from the job of England football manager.
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Italian Language (Beginners)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/it1040
Module code: IT1040 Our language modules for Beginners are intensive courses which bring you up to A2 Level of the common European Framework for languages (CEFR) in a year.
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Spanish Language (Beginners)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp1020-sp1021
Module code: SP1020+SP1021 Our language modules for Beginners are intensive courses which bring you up to A2 Level of the common European Framework for languages (CEFR) in a year.
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Spanish Language (Beginners)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp1040
Module code: SP1040 Our language modules for Beginners are intensive courses which bring you up to A2 Level of the common European Framework for languages (CEFR) in a year.
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University of Leicester opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/jobs
Discover your next opportunity! We are an international employer with an extensive range of roles across academic disciplines and professional services.
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Vulnerability Studies Network
https://le.ac.uk/vulnerability-studies/vulnerability-studies-network
The interdisciplinary Vulnerability Studies Network brings together early career scholars from the UK, Canada, and beyond to discuss how the term ‘vulnerability’ is used in different disciplinary and non-academic contexts.
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Entrepreneurial Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/co3202
Module code: CO3202 In this module, you will: Carry out significant background research and a literature survey which underpins the project work.
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Italian Language (Beginners)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/it1040
Module code: IT1040 Our language modules for Beginners are intensive courses which bring you up to A2 Level of the common European Framework for languages (CEFR) in a year.
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Classical and Hellenistic Greek States
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah2022
Module code: AH2022 In this module we will use literary, archaeological, and epigraphic sources to examine the spectrum of Greek political communities before and after Alexander the Great, breaking down both unipolar (Athenocentric) and bipolar (‘Athens vs.