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Serious concerns raised over lack of recorded BAME COVID-19 death data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/bame-covid-lancet
A senior University of Leicester clinician-scientist has raised serious concerns over the lack of recorded data on the number of deaths of people from BAME backgrounds.
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Spend a year abroad
https://le.ac.uk/history/study/undergraduate/year-abroad
History at the University of Leicester participates in two types of exchange schemes: the first is based on a network of European universities (the ERASMUS scheme), the second involves links with universities in Australia and also the United States (the Study Abroad scheme).
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Carbon Literacy Masterclass for Organisations
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/carbon-literacy-masterclass-for-organisations
Dates The next Carbon Literacy Masterclass will take place on: 16 June 2026 In person, University of Leicester School of Business (Brookfield Campus) 9:00am - 4:30pm Full-day workshop with lunch and refreshments included 23 September 2026 Online (Microsoft...
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Goal 1: No Poverty
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/no-poverty
The first Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.
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Centre for Critical and Creative Geographies
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/critical-creative-geographies
Our research in the Centre for Critical and Creative Geographies employs creative methods to recognise people's affective engagements with space, place and environments, and how these connect to political governance and contestations.
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Nationwide map of air pollution provides insights into nitrogen dioxide levels across the country and within towns and cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-nationwide-map-of-air-pollution-provides-insights-into-nitrogen-dioxide-levels-across-the-country-and-within-towns-and-cities
EarthSense Systems – a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company BlueSky - has published MappAir® – the first ever high resolution nationwide map of air pollution.
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University academic shortlisted for prestigious biology award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-academic-shortlisted-for-prestigious-biology-award
Dr Sarah Gretton (pictured) from our Centre for Interdisciplinary Science has been shortlisted as a finalist for the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award given by the Royal Society of Biology.
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Leicester Cathedral named one of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-cathedral-named-one-of-the-top-five-most-haunted-places-in-the-midlands
In time for Halloween, ITV has compiled a list of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands - and Leicester Cathedral is ranked among them, said to be home of the ghost of Richard III. A psychic has apparently experienced a very real close encounter of the...
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Leicester researcher wins DHSC funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/patrickhighton
The ground-breaking efforts of a researcher from the University of Leicester in the field of testing non-adherence to antihypertensive medication have played a pivotal role in securing substantial funding support.
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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.