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University pilots Leicester Academy sports scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-pilots-2018leicester-academy2019-sports-scheme
The 2015/16 academic year has seen the Sports and Recreation Service pilot the ‘Leicester Academy’ programme, with the aim of becoming the University’s hub for students to access sport related opportunities such as coaching/officiating qualifications, workshops and training...
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Leading microbiologist gives public lecture on bacteriophages
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leading-microbiologist-to-give-free-public-lecture-on-bacteriophages
Naked Scientists podcast interview with professor Clokie now available University staff and students can watch the lecture here Professor Martha Clokie (pictured) in our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation will give her inaugural lecture,...
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Public lecture puts Dickens’ marriage under the spotlight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-dickens-lecture
Charles Dickens’ strained marriage is the subject of a free public lecture presented on Wednesday 20 November 2019 by our Victorian Studies Centre.
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University of Leicester signs agreement with Shanghai Polytechnic University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/university-of-leicester-shanghai-polytechnic-university-partnership
The University of Leicester has strengthened its ties with Shanghai Polytechnic University following a visit to the United Kingdom.
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University of Leicester writer, Dr Jonathan Taylor wins Arnold Bennett Book Prize for Scablands and Other Stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/jonathan-taylor-scablands-arnold-bennett
A collection of short stories written by the University of Leicester’s Dr Jonathan Taylor has won the Arnold Bennet Book Prize.
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Student accolades
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/accolades
Find out more about some of our students’ achievements. Lorna Wheaton Lorna won First Place Poster Prize at the Royal Statistical Society conference in September 2023 and published her first paper in February 2024.
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Scientists discover one of the most luminous new stars ever
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientists-discover-one-of-the-most-luminous-2018new-stars2019-ever
Astronomers have today announced that they have discovered possibly the most luminous ‘new star’ ever – a nova discovered in the direction of one of our closest neighboring galaxies: The Small Magellanic Cloud.
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University of Leicester astronomers discover Great Cold Spot on Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/university-of-leicester-astronomers-discover-great-2018cold2019-spot-on-jupiter
A second Great Spot has been discovered on Jupiter by University of Leicester astronomers, rivalling the scale of the planet’s famous Great Red Spot and created by the powerful energies exerted by the great planet’s polar aurorae.
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Entrepreneurship and SMEs
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/finance-governance-and-enterprise/entrepreneurship-and-smes
The strength of the SME sector is often perceived as a barometer of a country's economic health.
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AI used in battle against asbestos-linked cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/mesothelioma
International genomics research led by the University of Leicester has used artificial intelligence (AI) to study an aggressive form of cancer, which could improve patient outcomes.