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Admission and selection
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-1/admission
Entry requirement (1)9.2 Applications for admission to a research degree by published work programme shall be considered in accordance with these regulations and any additional requirements specified in other Senate Regulations. (1)9.
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Opening up the University archives for Heritage Open Days on 19/20 September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/18-heritage-open-days
As part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, the University of Leicester is opening its archives up to the public with a series of free events on Thursday 19 September and Friday 20 September.
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Leicester’s cutting-edge research and innovation delights Minister
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-research-and-innovation-minister-visit
Minister Chris Skidmore MP was in Leicester today (Friday 8 March) at the start of British Science Week, visiting the University of Leicester to see first-hand how the University and the region is at the cutting-edge of life sciences and space research and innovation.
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New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases
The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-new-exoplanet-neptune-forbidden-planet
New research by an international group of researchers, including Dr Matt Burleigh and Dr Emma Longstaff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester, has identified a rogue planet.
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Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/21-africa-solar
With renewable energy cheaper and more efficient than ever, countries in Africa have the unique opportunity to harness abundant renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal.
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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.
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Lecturer clinches early career award for outstanding work in pharmacy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/scott
Sion Scott, a lecturer in behavioural medicine and lead postgraduate tutor at the University of Leicester is the winner of the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award’ (OPERA) 2024
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About the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/about
We are a leading university committed to international excellence, world-changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching.
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New study calls for action on air pollution in Northern India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/north-india-air-pollution
New research led by the University of Leicester calls for urgent action on open field burning to reduce the intensity of post-monsoon air pollution in Northern India.