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Project to improve distraction burglary police detection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-improve-distraction-burglary-police-detection
A new ‘best practice’ guide to help police forces detect cases of distraction burglary throughout the UK is being developed by our criminologists.
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New study provides insights into complexities of gender at work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-male-workers-in-typically-female-jobs-are-not-motivated-by-money
Men in typically female-dominated occupations tend to value the social aspects of their career over financial rewards, the findings of a study by Dr Catherine Steele from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour and a team at the University of...
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College Court conference centre awarded Top Rated status
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/college-court-conference-centre-awarded-top-rated-status
College Court, the University's conference Centre and hotel, has been honoured in the LateRooms.com Simply the Guest Awards 2016 by achieving the prestigious Top Rated status. The highly prized LateRooms.
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Cancer researchers lead the way in cutting-edge research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-researchers-lead-the-way-in-cutting-edge-research
Researchers from the city’s Cancer Research UK Centre based at the University of Leicester, will be collaborating with scientists across the UK, following the announcement today of the charity’s Centres’ Network Accelerator Awards.
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Local children enjoy making money in University project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/local-children-enjoy-2018making-money2019-in-university-project
A million pounds made by children has been touring schools since last November and will be in the City centre at the Guildhall from Thursday 30 June to Sunday 3 July.
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Study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-to-help-find-ways-to-prevent-kidney-damage
Leicestershire people set to undergo keyhole vascular surgery are being recruited for a new study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage which can sometimes occur afterwards.
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Creating circular economies for technology metals
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/recycling-metal
Professor Andrew Abbott explores the cutting-edge science making recycling metals eco-compatible.
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Leicester geologists publish new book on exquisitely preserved fossil animals from 500 million years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-geologists-publish-new-book-on-exquisitely-preserved-fossil-animals-from-500-million-years-ago
Together with colleagues from Yunnan University, Oxford University and The Natural History Museum, palaeontologists Mark Williams, Sarah Gabbott, David Siveter and Mark Purnell from our Department of Geology have published a striking new book illustrating exceptionally...
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Memories of Diana Princess of Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/memories-of-diana-princess-of-wales
The Leicester Mercury has looked back at the visit Diana, Princess of Wales, made to the University just three months before she died.
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University researchers contribute to major BBC documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-of-leicester-researchers-contribute-to-major-bbc-documentary
A team from our Department of Engineering has contributed to a major upcoming BBC documentary on sound.