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• English Language Teaching Unit establishes link with Kettering Hospital

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/english-language-teaching-unit-establishes-link-with-kettering-hospital

  On April 15th, the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) started a 12-week programme delivering English for Nurses classes to international nurses working at Kettering General Hospital.

• New labelling system for medical research press releases

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/new-labelling-system-for-medical-research-press-releases

  Following a suggestion from President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle to the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS), Higher Education institutions are now to implement the use of a new labelling system for press releases when announcing new medical research findings.

• Funding programme launched by Childrens cancer charity based at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/funding-programme-launched-by-children2019s-cancer-charity-based-at-leicester

  A national childhood cancer charity based at our University is launching a new funding programme for research into rare and under-funded cancers affecting children – including the UK’s only dedicated fund to support research into the health of cancer survivors.

• Expert opinions cover Syria Pokmon Go The GBBO wildfires and religious symbols

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-syria-pokemon-go-the-gbbo-wildfires-and-religious-symbols

  PhD student Seyda Eruyar from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing her journey to study at Leicester and the opportunities provided by our University.

• Times Higher Education World University Rankings confirm Leicesters place among top 1 of universities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/times-higher-education-world-university-rankings-confirms-leicesters-place-in-top-1-of-universities

  A definitive table of world University rankings has seen the University of Leicester maintain its rank among the top 1 per cent of universities in the world.

• Leicester academic recognised with esteemed prize for promising future

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-recognised-with-esteemed-prize-for-promising-future

  An outstanding academic at our University has received a prestigious £100,000 Prize for Archaeology – the second award in two years from the Leverhulme Trust for research at Leicester in the subject area.

• Research explores what Google can tell us about the memory web in the brain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-explores-what-google-can-tell-us-about-the-memory-web-in-the-brain

  A new study by researchers from the Centre for Systems Neuroscience at our University, in collaboration with the University of California Los Angeles, has helped to untangle ‘the memory web’ by shedding light on how neurons in memory-related areas provide a long-term coding...

• New exercise programme to reduce heart disease risk in kidney transplant patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-exercise-programme-to-reduce-heart-disease-risk-in-kidney-transplant-patients

  A new exercise programme is being developed by researchers at our University, working with Loughborough University and Leicester’s Hospitals, to reduce the risk of heart disease in people who have had a kidney transplant.

• Researchers suggest targeting freshers could halt spread of meningitis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/researchers-suggest-targeting-freshers-could-halt-spread-of-meningitis

  A campaign targeted at students arriving at university for the first time could hold the key to reducing the spread of meningitis and septicaemia, say researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham.

• Renowned Indian actor and film producer to speak at our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/renowned-indian-actor-and-film-producer-to-speak-at-our-university

  Renowned Indian actor, film producer and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mohan Agashe will be delivering a talk on how films can be a source of nutritional entertainment at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 July.