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Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution
By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...
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Groundbreaking masterclasses to drive forward empathic healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/stoneygate-empathic-healthcare-leicester
Some of the world’s greatest champions of treating patients with empathy will share their expertise with healthcare professionals during a series of groundbreaking masterclasses in Leicester.
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Leicester Business Festival returns for tenth year in November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/leicester-business-festival
University of Leicester will sponsor Leicester Business Festival in its tenth year next month.
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Making space accessible
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/space-accessible
We enable spacecraft power generation and thermal management by developing power systems that enable electricity generation from the rare element americium.
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Student Protection Plan
https://le.ac.uk/study/how-to-apply/student-protection-plan
Learn more about our Student Protection Plan. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 requires universities to maintain a Student Protection Plan to protect students’ interests in the case of substantial change.
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Advancing equity: Challenging embedded whiteness in London Museum
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/challenging-embedded-whiteness
Learn more about the research project Advancing Equity Challenging Embedded Whiteness in London Museum
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Imperial War Museum North (IWMN)
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/imperial-war-museum-north
The project was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum North as part of a process of exploring the future re-development of the Museum.
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NASA astronaut to unveil ambitious plans for humanity’s return to the moon to Leicester audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/stanley-love-talk
NASA astronaut and planetary scientist Dr Stanley Love will give an exclusive Space Park Conversations talk on Friday 1 March, 2024 at 3.30pm
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University of Leicester brings space back down to Earth for British Science Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-space
The sky’s the limit in Leicester as the University of Leicester brings some astronomical science to this week’s British Science Festival.