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Trees and Bees
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/biodiversity/trees-and-bees
Plant and Pollinator Policy Our Plant and Pollinator Policy (PDF, 174KB) aims to enforce the importance of biodiversity on campus for students, staff and the wider public that provides significant social, wellbeing, capital, economic returns, wildlife and...
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Sofa generation causing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/sofa-generation-causing-epidemic-of-type-2-diabetes-researchers-suggest
The nation’s lack of physical activity is leading to a new “sofa generation” at risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to Professor Melanie Davies (pictured), an internationally renowned expert in Type 2 diabetes and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre.
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Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens
The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.
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Rethinking nuclear weapons strategies
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/nuclear-button
Our research has been influential in raising international awareness of nuclear threats, encouraging governments and policymakers to modernise their thinking.
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Fees, funding and scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/study/distance-learners/fees-funding-scholarships
Information on fees, funding and scholarships for distance learning students at Leicester.
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Leicester Diabetes Centre gets global recognition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-diabetes-centre-gets-global-recognition
The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) has been named an ‘International Centre of Excellence’ and an ‘International Centre of Education’ by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
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Students offered HeadStart on University life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/headstart
Students heading to Leicester in 2021 are being invited to get a HeadStart on their University experience with online resources designed to help them settle into student life.
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International team of space scientists to conduct pioneering research into atmospheres of distant exoplanets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/international-team-of-space-scientists-to-conduct-pioneering-research-into-atmospheres-of-distant-exoplanets
Researchers from our Department of Physics and Astronomy, working as part of an international team of seven European institutes, have launched a new project to conduct research into the atmospheres of distant exoplanets.
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Leicester academic to provide top-level expert forensic advice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-academic-to-provide-top-level-expert-forensic-advice
Professor Mark Jobling, of the Department of Genetics & Genome Biology, has been appointed as one of seven new members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG; https://www.gov.
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Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new pioneering national research centre to investigate the effect of environmental exposures on health.