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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.
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Investment Management
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/af3077
Module code: AF3077 Investment management focuses on how companies and firms can meet their investment goals by buying stocks to public or private investors.
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Investment Management
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/af3077
Module code: EC3077 Investment management focuses on how companies and firms can meet their investment goals by buying stocks to public or private investors. This module will introduce you to trading in equity markets – the meeting point for buyers and seller- and bond markets.
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Investment Management
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ec3077
Module code: EC3077 Investment management focuses on how companies and firms can meet their investment goals by buying stocks to public or private investors. This module will introduce you to trading in equity markets – the meeting point for buyers and seller- and bond markets.
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Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies
One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.
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How science got women wrong explored by award-winning science journalist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/how-science-got-women-wrong-explored-by-award-winning-science-journalist
The long history of gender bias in science research and the work being done to correct it will be explored in a talk by award-winning science journalist Angela Saini (pictured).
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People
https://le.ac.uk/ld3/people
Learn more about the people involved within the Leicester Drug Discovery and Diagnostics project at Leicester.
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Antibiotic resistance for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/antibiotic-resistance/higher-education
Details and academic material on antibiotic resistance for higher educations students at The University of Leicester.
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Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor
International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore
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Departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/university-of-leicester-departments-receive-recognition-for-tackling-gender-inequality
Advance HE has announced that three University of Leicester departments are among the most recent institutions and departments to receive an Athena SWAN award, in the charter that recognises commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.