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Professor Lisa Smith
https://le.ac.uk/research/luminaries/professor-lisa-smith
Professor Lisa Smith, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies works at the interface between forensic science, psychology and the law.
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Medicine, science and technology
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/medicine-science-technology
Our expertise spans the breadth of medicine, science and technology, with specialisms in medicine and biosciences, environmental sustainability, materials and transport.
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University of Leicester professor speaks to Government Select Committee about alternative to antibiotics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/martha-clokie
University of Leicester’s Professor of Microbiology Martha Clokie, spoke to MPs about the potential use of phages to fight bacterial infections.
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Record-breaking year for University of Leicester as its research funding doubles
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/research-record
The University of Leicester is celebrating a record-breaking year of research awards after doubling the amount it received compared to the previous year.
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Leicester to train the next generation of arts and humanities researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-to-train-the-next-generation-of-arts-and-humanities-researchers
Leicester is among eight leading universities in the Midlands that are joining together to train the next generation of highly-skilled arts and humanities researchers, thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
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Four Leicester students shortlisted for TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/targetjobs-undergraduate-of-the-year-awards-university-of-leicester-students-shortlisted
Four Leicester undergraduates have beaten off stiff competition to be shortlisted for prestigious national awards widely recognised by graduate employers. The TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year is an annual awards competition celebrating the best undergraduates in the UK.
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CGI and the University of Leicester open state of the art Innovation Lab with global vision for sustainability
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/sustainability-innovation-lab-globe
A new Sustainability Innovation Lab and an artwork installed at Space Park Leicester represent the growing collaboration between CGI, the University and their partners.
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University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies Finalist at Royal Television Society Awards 2024
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/harms-of-hate
The University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies was a finalist at the 2024 RTS Awards.
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Proposed changes at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/proposed-changes-university-of-leicester
A University statement on a consultation period with 145 staff over proposals for change, with a potential net reduction of around 60 roles.
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University of Leicester historian celebrates double book prize win
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/anderson
Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical Association’s biennial Kay Daniels Award 2024, for her book Convicts: A Global History.