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Report suggests delaying school entry for preterm babies may not be the answer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/report-suggests-delaying-school-entry-for-preterm-babies-may-not-be-the-answer
A new report launched today suggests that prematurely born babies are more likely to have learning difficulties at school age, and the risk increases the earlier they are born.
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Students must register to vote by 7 June to make their voice heard
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students-must-register-to-vote-by-7-june-to-make-their-voice-heard
Professor Paul Boyle, President and Vice-Chancellor of our University, has written an article about the importance of voting in the EU referendum and how it is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for young people to influence their futures.
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Alex George
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/alex-george
Dr Alex George, Youth Mental Health Ambassador and former competitor on the TV series Love Island, delivered a special presentation on mental health support to students as part of the series of 'Citizens in Residence' events organised to mark our centenary year.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/developmental/developmental-schools-colleges/resources
Click here to find out more about the resources for developmental genetics that The University of Leicester provide for schools and colleges.
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Literary Leicester to host one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British Fiction Gwendoline Riley
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/literary-leicester-to-host-2018one-of-the-most-distinctive-voices-in-contemporary-british-fiction2019-gwendoline-riley
The University of Leicester will welcome award-winning novelist Gwendoline Riley to campus on Friday 17 November for the tenth annual Literary Leicester festival. For the event, taking place between 6.15 and 7.
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University to support gifted mathematics students throughout East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/our-university-to-support-gifted-mathematics-students-throughout-east-midlands
Our University has been awarded a grant from the Department of Education to support the academic development of gifted sixth form students studying mathematics throughout the East Midlands.
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Expert discusses popularity of ITVs Love Island with the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-discusses-popularity-of-itvs-love-island-with-the-bbc
The phenomenon that is ‘Love Island’ on ITV2 was discussed by an academic from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology today (Wednesday, 12 July) on BBC Radio Leicester.
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Seventeen novels in seventeen years Leicester alumna Adele Parks to share her journey to the bestsellers list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/seventeen-novels-in-seventeen-years-leicester-alumna-adele-parks-to-share-her-journey-to-the-bestsellers-list
Leicester alumna and author of seventeen bestselling novels Adele Parks will be speaking at Literary Leicester on Wednesday 15 November.
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Leicester academic discusses assisted suicide legislation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-academic-discusses-assisted-suicide-legislation
Dr Clark Hobson, from the University's School of Law, has written an article for BioEdge which examines the possibility of the blanket ban on assisted suicide in the UK being overturned. In the article for BioEdge, Dr Hobson said: "Noel Conway is 67 years old.
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Leicester student sets British Rubiks cube record
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-student-sets-british-rubiks-cube-record
A Leicester student has become the fastest British person to solve a Rubik's cube after he solved the puzzle in a staggering 6.54 seconds.