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University of Leicester honours charity chief for raising the ambitions of hundreds of thousands of young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/university-leicester-honours-charity-chief-raising-ambitions-hundreds-thousands-young-people
The co-founder of a social mobility charity devoted to raising young people’s educational aspirations has received an honorary award from the University of Leicester.
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Leicester sociologist named as UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship winner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/diego-garcia-rodriguez-ukri-future-leader-fellowship
The University of Leicester's Dr Diego García Rodríguez has been named as one of 77 talented early career researchers to receive funding from the UKRI's Future Leaders Fellowship.
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Open response to PETA UK Universities campaign
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/legislative-responsibilities/open-response
Read our open response to PETA UK in regards to their campaign against Universities using animals for research and experiments.
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News
https://le.ac.uk/emfpu/news-publications-documents/news
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We are Citizens of Change
https://le.ac.uk/study/change
Citizens of Change. What do you want to change? Transforming our community, our world and beyond. Apply now to join us.
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Catherine John
https://le.ac.uk/people/catherine-john
The academic profile of Dr Catherine John, Associate Professor in Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health at University of Leicester
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Postgraduate programmes
https://le.ac.uk/biological-sciences/study/postgraduate
The University of Leicester's College of Life Sciences offers a range of postgraduate programmes in Biological Sciences, including areas like Bioinformatics, Forensics and Cancer. Find out more about these postgraduate programmes.
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Biography of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography
A short biography of Sir Professor Jeffreys - the inventor of DNA fingerprinting. From research at Leicester to Knighthood and current work.
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Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon
Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier, increasing the dangers of flooding and drought
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Education and Social Justice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3091
Module code: SY3091 This module is about fairness and social justice in education.