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LLEP rallies Government to support Charnwood Life Sciences Zone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/llep-rallies-government-to-support-charnwood-life-sciences-zone
The Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) is spearheading a campaign to ask the Government to support Charnwood Campus (the former Astra Zeneca site) near Loughborough as the UK’s first 'Life Sciences Opportunities Zone' (LSOZ).
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Air Quality spinout company shortlisted for Guardian University Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/01-air-quality-spinout-company-shortlisted-for-guardian-university-award
Air quality sensor|University partnership nominated in Business Collaboration category. A joint venture between the University of Leicester and Bluesky Ltd has been shortlisted for the Business Collaboration Award at the 2019 Guardian University Awards.
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Leicester Professor to lead UK Space Science Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-martin-barstow-uksa
Professor Martin Barstow has been appointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Science Programme Advisory Committee, leading the UK's approach to Space Science.
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Leicester MP learns how city university supports communities and shapes national policy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-mp-shivani-raja-visits-university
The University of Leicester welcomed one of the city’s new MPs to campus to showcase the work it does with local businesses, communities and at national policy level.
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Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/black-british-history-scholarship-historian-activist-len-garrison
Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the University of Leicester free of charge, thanks to a scholarship set up to honour alumnus Len Garrison.
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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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About Modern Languages at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/about
The University of Leicester is currently ranked 7th in the country for Modern Languages by The Guardian's University Guide. We have teaching and research expertise in French, Italian, Spanish (including Latin America), and translation and interpreting. Find out more.
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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
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Professor Mick Peake awarded OBE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-mick-peake-awarded-obe
Professor Michael (Mick) Peake has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to medicine.
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Pioneering research and innovation through the Nairobi Alliance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/nairobi-alliance
An innovative research partnership with the potential to transform lives and support communities across the world has been launched.