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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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Psychology graduate lands job through award-winning Social Work Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/psychology-graduate-takes-up-role-with-award-winning-social-work-academy
A University graduate has taken up a role at Hertfordshire County Council as a social worker after securing a place through the prestigious Social Work Academy.
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BRC Director chosen to receive international outstanding achievement award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/diabetes-ada-award-melanie-davies
Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC, Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
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Leicester students offered chance to work at US university linked with landmark space missions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/students-united-states-university-landmark-space-missions
Space Exploration Systems MSc students head to the University of Dayton to gain experience working on an advance space project.
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Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study
A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges
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Museums and the Transgender Tipping Point
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/transgender-tipping-point
Over the past decade there has been a growing number of museum exhibitions and displays featuring transgender lives, reflecting an increasing trans-visibility across many areas of public life.
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University of Leicester School of Business secures Small Business Charter reaccreditation for five years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/sbc-accreditation
The Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) has granted the University of Leicester School of Business (ULSB) a five-year re-accreditation of its prestigious Small Business Charter award, after a rigorous re-assessment visit in September 2024.
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University support for Shama Women’s Centre celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/shama-centre
The University of Leicester is proud to help celebrate the positive impact of local award-winning charity Shama Women’s Centre at an event in March.
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Health inequalities among ethnic groups have increased since pandemic, evidence shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/diabetes-inequalities
Existing health disparities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study published in the journal Diabetes Care has reported.
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Leicester researchers provide expertise to world-leading Alzheimer’s prevention study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-world-leading-alzheimers-study
Study aims to improve the understanding of the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease