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• Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) MBiolSci

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biosciences-microbiology-mbiolsci/2027

  Infectious diseases are responsible for a third of all deaths and are a major cause of death in infants and young children. The sheer diversity of pathogens and the exotic mechanisms they have evolved to escape the human immune system make them a fascinating topic to study.

• New Institute to bolster research among Leicester’s Health and Care professionals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/institute-for-health

  A new institute has been launched to radically boost the number of research opportunities available to Leicester’s nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, health scientists and pharmacists

• Leicester Professor co-chairs expert panel behind new recommendations for type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/5-melanie-davies-co-chairs-expert-panel

  Leicester researcher co-chairs expert panel behind new EASD-ADA consensus guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes.

• Graduate returns to University of Leicester to collect award for an outstanding international career

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/graduate-university-leicester-award-outstanding-international-career

  Dr Duncan Wood, Leicester Politics graduate, awarded honorary degree for global impact in international affairs, policy, and strategic leadership.

• £1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce methane emissions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/methane-tropical-wetlands

  A ‘Digital Twin’ for methane emissions from tropical wetlands will be supported by funding to Dr Robert Parker from the University of Leicester and the National Centre for Earth Observation as part of the Future Leaders Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation

• Leicester-led trial shows less invasive cardiac procedure works as well as surgery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-tavi-cardiac-trial

  A nationwide study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), assessing a less invasive procedure that addresses a common heart problem has shown that it is just as effective as surgery.

• Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere

  University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the proposal of the Anthropocene epoch which reflects human impact on the biosphere

• Unique opportunity to learn about regeneration of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/unique-opportunity-to-learn-about-regeneration-of-leicester

  Local universities will be offering a unique opportunity to learn about various aspects of the regeneration of Leicester from key people involved in the city's recent transformation on Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July.

• Korean

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/korean

  Study Korean courses for all levels at The University of Leicester.

• Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exposure-to-violence-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-prematurity-and-low-birthweight

  Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according to research by our University and Queen Mary University of London.