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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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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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Learning experience survey - Spring 2021 privacy notice
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/students/learning-experience-survey
Find out more about how the Leicester Learning Institute and Education Strategy Unit handles your data as an applicant and student at Leicester.
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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.
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Document Supply
https://le.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/document-supply
Make a request for books and journals that cannot be found in the Library or are not provided by or subscribed to. search beyond the library, can't find it, cannot find it, inter library loan, document supply copyright declaration
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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/research-degrees
A PhD in Education from the University of Leicester is designed to equip professional educators with a wide range of research skills, knowledge, understanding and expertise in their chosen field of research.
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Centre launches to put empathy at the heart of healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/empathy
The role empathy plays in helping to improve patient satisfaction and reduce their pain is at the heart of a new healthcare research centre at the University of Leicester.
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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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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