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Leicestershire’s Universities are working together for a greener future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicestershire-universities-working-together-greener-future
As the UK gears up for Big Green Week this June, Leicestershire’s universities - University of Leicester, De Montfort University (DMU), and Loughborough University - are proving that collaboration is key in tackling climate change.
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UKs first Life Sciences Opportunities Zone praised at ministerial visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/the-uk2019s-first-life-sciences-opportunities-zone-praised-at-ministerial-visit
The Rt Hon Lord Henley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) endorsed the UK’s first Life Sciences Opportunities Zone during a visit to Charnwood Campus on Friday 1 June.
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Professor Alex Mitchell cited as one of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-highly-cited
Professor Alex Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison Psychiatry, has been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’ by the influential Web of Science Group.
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University announces new partnership to form the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/northamptonshire-hospitals
The University of Leicester has today (Thursday) announced a new partnership with Kettering General Hospital, Northampton General Hospital (NGH), the University of Northampton and other academic partners, to form the new University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group.
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Long-running course receives postgraduate funding boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/long-running-course-receives-postgraduate-funding-boost
Two major funders of health and medical research across the UK are supporting a long-running course at our University with a total of seven studentships.
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Sport and the Imperial bond
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/sport-and-the-imperial-bond
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (£43,708) July 2009 - April 2011 Dr Prashant Kidambi In recent years, historians have shown how sport became deeply intertwined with imperial and national identities within the British Empire.
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Tribute to architect behind iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/tribute-to-architect-behind-iconic-engineering-building
The architect James Gowan, who co-designed the University of Leicester’s Engineering Building, has died aged 92. He formed a partnership with James Stirling in the 1950s the results of which included our Engineering Building, completed in 1963.
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Expert opinions cover North Korea sex work and freedom of speech in Russia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-north-korea-sex-work-and-freedom-of-speech-in-russia
In an article for The Conversation, Professor Teela Sanders from the Department of Criminology has discussed the importance of moving towards a legal and policy framework which addresses the practicalities of sexual labour in the 21st century.
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Methods of AI and Data Analytics
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/groups/methods-of-ai-and-data-analytics
The Methods of AI and Data Analytics Research Group focuses on advancing techniques for analysing, modelling, and interpreting complex data.
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Leicester ranked in top 1 in the world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-ranked-in-top-1-in-the-world
Our University has been ranked among the top 1% of universities in the world and in the top 20 universities in the UK by a global league table of higher education institutions.