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Clearing 2024: Missing out on first choice university turned out to be a blessing for Charlotte
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/clearing-charlotte
For Charlotte Gallo not getting the grades she needed to her first choice university turned out to be a blessing as she joined the University of Leicester's Psychology course instead
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Professor Raymond Dalgleish's projects
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/phd-projects/dalgleish
Browse the PhD projects offered for supervision by Professor Raymond Dalgleish in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.
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New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer
Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments
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Getting stuck into mucus to find new treatments for severe asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/mucus-asthma-study-leicester
Leicester is among an international group of experts in respiratory medicine to receive funding to better understand how mucus is controlled in the lungs and how this contributes to severe asthma
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University of Leicester launches philanthropic campaign and signs historic partnership in Canada
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-launches-philanthropic-campaign-historic-partnership-canada
A Leicester delegation travelled to Canada to launch the 2121: Founders of the Future campaign, which aims to raise £100m.
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Medicine offers weight-loss hope for patients with type-2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/surpass-2
New research by academics at the University of Leicester published today (Friday) has given fresh hope to patients with type-2 diabetes, after Eli Lilly and Company’s SURPASS-2 clinical trial showed that 60% of patients achieved a 10% percent or greater weight loss with 15 mg...
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Toolkit to tackle potentially deadly opioid over prescription to be rolled out across parts of England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/opioids-over-subscription
Leicester researchers are working with NHS partners in the East of England to lead the way in delivering the NHS’ goal of halving the amount of opioids prescribed for non-cancer pain by 2024.
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Leicester medical students win national competition on social media safety
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/medical-students-social-media-safety
Four medical students from Leicester Medical School have won a UK-wide competition on professionalism held by the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC).
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Inspirational student who twice battled sepsis receives First Class degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/inspirational-student-who-twice-battled-sepsis-receives-first-class-degree
One of our recent graduates Kishan Vithlani has twice overcome a potentially life-threatening sepsis infection and gone on to achieve a First Class Computer Science BSc. Kishan was born with a congenital heart condition, and had to have surgery twice as a child.
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Your Peer Mentor
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-community/your-peer-mentor
When you start your degree, you will be assigned a Peer Mentor to help you navigate the complexities of University life.