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Disclosing your disability
https://le.ac.uk/accessability/disclosing-your-disability
AccessAbility is designed to support people with different disabilities, with our team being trained to organise any requirements you may have to help you adjust to university life.
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University leads first-of-its-kind trial testing diabetes drug for deadly aneurysms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/december/aortic-anueryms-diabetes-leicester-bown
A Leicestershire farmer is the first person in the UK to join a groundbreaking trial, led by the University of Leicester, to test whether the type 2 diabetes drug metformin can treat deadly abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
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Making contact
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/making-contact
Get more information on the best way to make contact with potential interviewees and the questions you may need to be prepared to answer.
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Expert opinions cover primate archaeology and the science of Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-primate-archaeology-and-the-science-of-jupiter
Dr Huw Barton from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing how both Capuchins and Chimpanzees are showing evidence of using tools, problem solving and more, lifting the lid on a new field of archaeology.
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Trees and Bees
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/biodiversity/trees-and-bees
Plant and Pollinator Policy Our Plant and Pollinator Policy (PDF, 174KB) aims to enforce the importance of biodiversity on campus for students, staff and the wider public that provides significant social, wellbeing, capital, economic returns, wildlife and...
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Breakthrough genetic study points to neurological mechanisms for chronic cough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/chronic-cough-genetic-leicester
A new genetic study by scientists at the University of Leicester has identified neurological mechanisms as key drivers of chronic cough
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Effects of alcohol on memory while providing testimony explored by Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/effects-of-alcohol-on-memory-while-providing-testimony-explored-by-leicester-researchers
Leading research into the effects of alcohol on memory and guidance on how police officers can interview rape complainants who were intoxicated at the time of assault was presented last month by experts from our University.
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Project to explore how survival of British hedgehogs is affected by changing climate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/project-to-explore-how-survival-of-british-hedgehogs-is-affected-by-changing-climate
Researchers from our University will be exploring how the UK’s changing climate could be affecting the survival of British hedgehogs as part of a new project to protect endangered animal species.
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Heat Transfer and Energy Systems
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/eg3112
Module code: EG3112 This is a specialist Mechanical Engineering module (also available to General Engineering students) where you'll learn to calculate how heat travels through engineering components, and how it is transferred between solids, liquids and gases.
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Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man
Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what the round mounds of the Isle of Man, and associated burials, people and artefacts, can tell us about life on the island...