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Unique project to provide route for Armed Forces into health careers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/armed-forces-allied-health
The project has been led by Amanda Cox, lecturer in Operating Department Practice within the School of Allied Health Professions. She said: “I have a number of family members and friends who have served in the Armed Forces, so creating this project has been close to my heart.
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Leicester experts feed £3.6 million sustainable agriculture training programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sustainable-agriculture-training
Researchers at the University of Leicester will lend their expertise to a new £3.6 million postgraduate training programme in sustainable agricultural innovation.
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Students star on historic day for Leicester Tigers Women
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/leicester-tigers-women
Rugby players from the University of Leicester featured in an historic fixture for Leicester Tigers last week.
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Women less likely to receive treatment for deadly heart condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/women-heart-disease-leicester
Women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those from the most deprived communities are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis, according to research by experts from the University of Leicester.
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Cancer expert receives £100,000 donation towards his vital work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/mick-may-mesothelioma-fennell
A cancer expert who prolonged the life of the inspirational author and charity founder, Mick May, has received a £100,000 donation to help continue his ground breaking work at the university of Leicester.
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Media and publications
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/cpbe/media-and-publications
Find out about updates, publications and activities undertaken by the Centre for Palaeobiology and Biosphere Evolution
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Genetics expert solves family mysteries for new TV series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/dna-family-secrets
A leading genetics expert from the University of Leicester is part of team seeking to solve ‘DNA Family Secrets’ for a new primetime programme on the BBC.
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Space firm behind pioneering ‘shoebox-sized laboratory’ comes to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/frontier-shoebox-laboratory
Frontier Space Technologies is the latest company on the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre for the United Kingdom (ESA-BIC UK) programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering £100 million science and innovation park
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Lord Sugar hails Leicester medic’s campaign to rename condition to avoid fatal mix-ups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/diabetes-insipidus-avp-d-sugar
A Leicester medic has successfully campaigned to change the name of a rare but potentially fatal condition, with the backing of businessman and TV personality Lord Sugar.
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Research aims to improve reading for older people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-university-of-leicester-research-aims-to-improve-reading-for-older-people
A University of Leicester project examining how the effects of ageing impact on our ability to read has received £200K funding