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Research reveals new insights into solidification cracking during welding of steel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-reveals-new-insights-into-solidification-cracking-during-welding-of-steel
New research led by our University has made a novel breakthrough in understanding how solidification cracking occurs during the welding of steel, an important engineering alloy.
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Centre for Medicine receives international science accolade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/centre-for-medicine-receives-international-science-accolade
Our innovative Centre for Medicine building can add another award to its list of honours as it scooped a prestigious international award at the S-Lab Awards 2017 last week.
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Materials Chemist Awarded Prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/materials-chemist-awarded-prestigious-marie-curie-fellowship
The Materials Centre has recently welcomed Dr Rodolfo Marin Rivera, who has been granted a Marie Curie Individual fellowship to carry out research in the field of process engineering for sustainable recovery of valuable metals by ELECTRO-IONometallurgy.
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The future of the media in the wake of Trump and Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/the-future-of-the-media-in-the-wake-of-trump-and-brexit
What has been the impact of President Trump? What will be the impact of Brexit? Those are two of the biggest questions being addressed by leading journalists and academics at a conference at Leicester on Wednesday 21 February.
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Family Loyalty Discount
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/family-loyalty
The Family Loyalty Discount entitles international (non-EU) students to 10% off your course fees for each year of a full-time course.
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Leicester climbs 32 places in global sustainability rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/leicester-climbs-global-sustainability-rankings
The University of Leicester has risen 32 places to 125th in the world and is now 34th in the UK, in the 2026 QS World University Rankings: Sustainability.
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Ethnicity and Diversity in American Life, from Emancipation to the Present
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/am2014
Module code: AM2014 In order to gain a full understanding of modern America, it is essential to analyse the role that the diversity of its population has played in the nation’s development.
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Latin American Politics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl2028
Module code: PL2028 Latin America has witnessed both a tumultuous political landscape and political innovation. There are many issues fuelling political upheaval in Latin countries from social injustice, corruption, racism, sexism and environmental exploitation.
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The Politics of Counter-Terrorism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl3124
Module code: PL3124 In 1883 British Home Secretary Sir William Harcourt founded the Special Irish Branch, the world's first specialised counter-terrorism unit. Since then, dealing with the threat posed by terrorists has been a key priority of politicians the world over.
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Human and Environmental Microbiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs3013
Module code: BS3013 ‘Environmental microbiology’ illustrates the essential role microbes play in planetary and human health and how our understanding of microbiology has been transformed over the last decade by advances in sequencing technology, which has facilitated a...