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17m invested in Leicester to turn lab discoveries into new cancer drugs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps1-7m-invested-in-leicester-to-turn-lab-discoveries-into-new-cancer-drugs
Cancer Research UK has awarded the University £1.7 million through a new Centres Network Accelerator Award for research to crack the structure of molecules involved in cancer and to develop new drugs.
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Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely
An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/genetic-study-suggests-millions-of-modern-are-descendants-of-11-asian-dynastic-leaders
A team of geneticists led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics has discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders, including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan, who lived up to 4,000 years ago.
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Leicester expert informs new Labour major HMRC restructure plan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-expert-informs-new-labour-major-hmrc-restructure-plan
Professor Martin Parker (pictured) from our School of Business has authored a review with colleagues across the sector of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
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Events to discuss Brexit and the law
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/events-to-discuss-brexit-and-the-law
Fifty years of legal education in Leicester are being celebrated with public events this week showcasing aspects of Brexit and the Law.
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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.
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Historians pay tribute following death of Holocaust survivor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/historians-pay-tribute-following-death-of-holocaust-survivor
The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies has joined in the world-wide expressions of regret on the death of Elie Wiesel.
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Expert comment Terror attack in France
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-comment-terror-attack-in-france
Dr Simon Bennett (pictured) from the University of Leicester Civil Safety and Security Unit has commented on the recent terror attack in Nice, France. He said: “In recent months there have been several attacks against aviation interests, including airports.