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• University involved in international food crop study to address Global Challenges

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-involved-in-international-food-crop-study-to-address-global-challenges

  Efforts to improve sustainable crop development are being spearheaded by a collaboration between the University of Leicester, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the University of Addis Ababa.

• Gut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer, Leicester study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/gut-bacteria

  A cancer study by a Leicester expert has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer;

• Study suggests NHS policies are failing to stop bullying by managers and staff sickness

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-nhs-policies-are-failing-to-stop-bullying-by-managers-and-staff-sickness

  Bullying and discrimination by NHS managers has led to absences among mental health workers, and past policies have failed to stop this, research shows.

• Data with dignity: University of Leicester trials new ethical surveying software

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/leicsurvey-ethical-survey

  Survey software developed by University of Leicester researchers optimised for charity, hospice and heritage sectors prioritises ethical data gathering, it allows organisations to collect user data in an inclusive and accessible way

• Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft

  Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.

• Feeding the Machine

  https://le.ac.uk/research/images-of-research/victoria-szafara

  Victoria Szafara, University staff member has entered a piece entitled 'Feeding the Machine'.

• Forthcoming Professorial Inaugural lectures announced for spring 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/forthcoming-professorial-inaugural-lectures-announced-for-spring-2018

  Pioneering research from our University's new Professors will be shared with the public at the upcoming Professorial Inaugural Lecture series.

• Postgraduate programme specification content for 'with industry' programme variants (for students commencing study in 2025/26 onwards)

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/courses/industry-2025-26

  This page details the University’s standard specification for the Postgraduate Taught (PGT) ‘with industry’ component of PGT ‘with industry’ programme variants, for students commencing studies in 2025/26 onwards.

• Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen

  As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of Canadian men who spent time in Leicester exactly 100 years ago.

• New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog

  A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions in England and Wales.