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Universitys Festival of Careers breaks records
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/universitys-festival-of-careers-breaks-records
Last week saw the fourth annual Festival of Careers run by the Career Development Service.
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Leicester to lead development of space instrument
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-to-lead-development-of-space-instrument
A space mission called SMILE (Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) which is a joint collaboration between scientists from the UK, Europe, Canada, the US and China, has received the go-ahead for an initial study phase this summer by the European Space Agency...
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Monira named Volunteer of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/monira-named-volunteer-of-the-year2019
Monira Mubaarak, a second year Psychology undergraduate student, has been presented with the Frank May Cup after being named the ‘Volunteer of the Year’.
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Leicester experts provide top tips for avoiding food poisoning when preparing Christmas dinner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-experts-provide-top-tips-for-avoiding-food-poisoning-when-preparing-christmas-dinner
Many households around the world will be celebrating Christmas day with a turkey lunch – but the festive meal can be a hidden source of serious food infections unless precautions are taken, according to Dr Primrose Freestone and PhD student Giannis Koukkidis from the...
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Leicester staff celebrate victory for the blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-staff-celebrate-victory-for-the-blues
Not content with showing their true-blue colours in advance of Leicester City Football club’s arguably season-clinching game on Sunday, our staff are celebrating the local football heroes’ confirmed Premier League victory on Monday in a variety of ways.
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Varsity Victory for Team Leicester Cricket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/team-leicester-cricket-varsity-victory
1pm, Friday 20 May, Fischer County Ground, Grace Rd, Leicester LE2 8AD Result: ULCC 148-4 in 20 overs beat DMUCC 123-6 off 20 overs Traditionally the smallest of the showcase Varsity events, the prospect of a game under the brand new floodlights at the Fischer County Ground...
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Academics celebrate Leicesters Premier League victory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academics-celebrate-leicesters-premier-league-victory
Academics from across the University have been celebrating Leicester City Football Club's sensational victory in the Premier League - the first time in history and making Leicester one of only six teams to win the Premier League.
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Students at Leicester encouraged to register for EU referendum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students-at-leicester-encouraged-to-register-for-eu-referendum
The University and our Students’ Union have spearheaded campaigns to highlight the importance of students registering to vote for the EU referendum.
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Unemployment Heart Disease prevention fingerprints and babyfarming among research showcased at Festival of Postgraduate Research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/unemployment-heart-disease-prevention-fingerprints-and-2018baby-farming2019-among-research-showcased-at-university-of-leicester-festival
Research into youth unemployment in the East Midlands and unemployment amongst the elderly and unskilled, how manipulations in genetic ‘switches’ can help prevent heart disease, creating new algorithms for fingerprint identification and a re-evaluation of ‘baby-farming’...
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Leicester’s Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope helps in groundbreaking discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-cryo-electron-microscope-cte
The Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope, based at the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, has provided a significant part of the data that enabled researchers to understand the structural basis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a head...