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Quality of conference presentations could be affected by social media
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/quality-of-conference-presentations-could-be-affected-by-social-media
A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive real-time feedback.
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Kazakh students celebrate independence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/kazakh-students-celebrate-independence
Kazakh students from the University of Leicester have taken part in a charity football tournament at Wembley. Wearing University of Leicester and Leicester City emblems, the students were marking the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence.
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British Cinema and Society 1930-1950
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3472
Module code: HA3472 This module explores the relationship between cinema and society in Britain during the period when cinema-going was ‘the essential social habit of the age’ (A.J.P. Taylor).
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Space Plasmas and Planetary Atmospheres
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa4603
Module code: PA4603 This module builds upon your knowledge of electromagnetism and the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields to derive the laws determining the behaviour of plasmas and magnetised fluids – magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).
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Space Plasmas and Planetary Atmospheres
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pa4603
Module code: PA4603 This module builds upon your knowledge of electromagnetism and the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields to derive the laws determining the behaviour of plasmas and magnetised fluids – magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).
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Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/medical-students-benji-waterhouse-leicester
It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at the University of Leicester did.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/drc/research
The Diabetes Research Centre has more than 150 staff and postgraduate students, including over 30 academic staff.
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Leicester cancer scientist elected to top role in US Radiation Research Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-cancer-scientist-elected-to-top-role-in-us-radiation-research-society
A leading radiation cancer expert from Leicester is set to become the next Vice-President of an esteemed international research society.
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City son honoured by University of Leicester for public health leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/ivan
The University of Leicester has honoured one of the city’s own for his exceptional track record in public health leadership.
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Female UK legal trailblazer congratulates Leicester law students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/women-in-law
A trailblazing senior legal figure has sent her congratulations to University of Leicester students for setting up a Women in Law Society.