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“Crisis? What Crisis?” – UK politicians and Brexit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/04/10/crisis-what-crisis-uk-politicians-and-brexit/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on April 10, 2019 by Dr Rebecca Acres, Honorary Fellow, University of Leicester Whether or not it ever actually happens, Brexit is the defining political and leadership challenge of our times.
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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers
A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...
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Type 2 diabetes risk score translated into south Asian languages
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/type-2-diabetes-risk-score-translated-into-south-asian-languages
A risk score to identify people who are likely to develop Type 2 diabetes has been translated into two further languages. The part NIHR-funded Leicester Risk Score – which is recommended by health watchdog NICE, used by Diabetes UK and has attracted more than 1.
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Hilberts sixth problem Can physics be axiomatised
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/hilberts-sixth-problem
In 1900, German mathematician David Hilbert published a set of 23 problems that he felt would further the disciplines of mathematics. All unsolved at the time, the problems influenced the work of mathematicians throughout the 20th century.
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Professional services staff
https://le.ac.uk/history/people/professional-services-staff
Browse a list of the professional services staff currently working in History at Leicester. Find out ways to get in touch via telephone and email.
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Resources for teachers
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/resources-for-teachers
Material designed for teachers, aimed at either A-Level or undergraduate students, which introduces epigenetics.
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University of Leicester receives share of £34m BHF investment to help safeguard UK’s world-class research status
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-british-heart-foundation-funding-research
abstract image showing heart disease research|Funding will focus on strengthening research into precision medicine.
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University of Leicester partners with local Violence Reduction Network and Home Office to tackle violent crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/serious-violence
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Violence Reduction Network, in partnership with the University of Leicester and the Home Office, will welcome policy-makers, practitioners and academics from across the UK to share new research insights and best practice on preventing and...
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Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-scientists-get-into-gear-for-new-fundraising-challenge
Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge David and Charlotte 1375| Dr Charlotte Smith and Professor David Bartram are getting on their bikes to highlight Cycle 300, a new fundraising challenge from Cancer Research UK.
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Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment
Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use of liquid biopsies to help predict how successfully patients would respond to treatment.