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Developing literacy with children in key stage 2
https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-projects/developing-literacy-with-children-in-key-stage-2
Undergraduate law students design, develop and deliver interactive workshops for schools. Each workshop was designed to develop children’s ‘legal literacy’.
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Space data to drive economic and business growth in the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/space-data-to-drive-economic-and-business-growth-in-the-east-midlands
A space technologies centre of excellence based at our University has won funding for two years to bring hi-tech know-how for the benefit of businesses in the region.
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University and East Midlands Chamber to partner on economic thought leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/university-east-midlands-chamber
University of Leicester has joined forces with the East Midlands Chamber to develop new insights and ideas on the region’s economy.
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Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero
The group do, however, recognise that “swift action is essential, otherwise we head deeper towards an inability to reach net zero carbon targets, contribute to biodiversity collapse and, promote societal disengagement with landscapes”.
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Study proves reducing sitting time boosts office staff’s work engagement and wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-reducing-sitting-time-boosts-office-staffs-wellbeing
Teams from the University of Leicester and Loughborough University investigated simple solutions to reducing sitting time in the office.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/events/resources
Access free online resources about good practices to work with or teach students from refugee backgrounds
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Announcing 2025 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2025/01/09/announcing-sure2025/
Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience scheme, which provides paid opportunities for capable undergraduates to get a flavour of what it is like to work at the cutting-edge of research in the School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Space.
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NHS innovation award for truck driver scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/14-innovation-award-for-truck-driver-scheme
Leicester Diabetes Centre project helping truckers lead healthier lives has been shortlisted for an NHS innovation award
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New partnership between Leicester’s universities offers students chance to improve skills for less
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/pg-scholarship
Graduates in Leicester will be able to take discounted further study at either of the city’s universities thanks to a new joint offer.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/research
The research interests of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester cover a wide area from physico-chemical mechanisms through to cell physiology and pharmacology, and developmental biology. Explore our research themes.