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• 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.

• Migrant money able to reduce poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/migrant-money-able-to-reduce-poverty-and-inequality-in-sub-saharan-africa

  A new study, published in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, has shown that poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa can be reduced by international remittances.

• University celebrates 50th anniversary of UKs first mass communication research centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-uks-first-mass-communication-research-centre

  2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass communication and birthplace of the UK’s first media and communications Master’s degree.

• 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.

• Ophthalmology researcher wins prestigious prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/08-ophthalmology-award

  Zhanhan Tu Zhanhan Tu|Best Talk prize for Dr Zhanhan Tu at the European Paediatric Opthalmological Society conference.

• Obituary: Emeritus Professor Eric Dunning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/15-obituary-emeritus-professor-eric-dunning

  It was with great sadness that the University has learned of the death of Emeritus Professor Eric Dunning. Eric was a pioneer in the sociology of sport and the founder, with Patrick Murphy and John Williams, of the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research.

• Leicester wins Best University Employability Strategy at TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-targetjobs-graduate-recruitment-awards-2019

  The University of Leicester was recognised at the prestigious TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards in London on Thursday 4th April, winning Best University Employability Strategy.

• Danielle Brown inducted into BUCS Hall of Fame

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/18-danielle-brown-bucs-hall-of-fame

  On Wednesday 5 June, University of Leicester Law graduate Danielle Brown was inducted into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Hall of Fame.

• Tropical phages

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages/tropical-phages

  Tropical phages/temperature dependent bacteriophages switch between lysogenic and lytic phases. At the university, research has been done on the tropical pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei which can cause melioidosis

• 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.