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Researchers to explore workplace regulations on vaping
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/researchers-to-explore-workplace-regulations-on-vaping
Researchers from our University will be examining the difficulties of regulating e-cigarettes and if heavy regulations could be encouraging users to move back to combustible tobacco as part of a new project funded by Cancer Research UK.
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New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals
Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.
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English BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/english-ba/2026
The University of Leicester’s English degree offers a comprehensive study of English literature, from medieval classics to modern masterpieces.
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Leicester ranked 37th in the world in THE University Impact Rankings 2019
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/03-the-university-impact-rankings-2019
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that we have been ranked 37th in the inaugural international Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings out of well over 500 institutions from 75 countries worldwide.
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Tumour analysis following surgery could provide breakthrough in predicting how well cancer patients respond to drug treatment research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/tumour-analysis-following-surgery-could-provide-breakthrough-in-predicting-how-well-cancer-patients-respond-to-drug-treatment-research-shows
A novel approach developed by researchers from our University and the MRC Toxicology Unit could help to predict how well patients respond to drugs designed to fight various forms of cancer.
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Sydney Holloway
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway
We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
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Encountering the Classical World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah7702
Module code: AH7702 This module re-examines key structures of ancient societies and aspects of their material contexts.
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Encountering the Classical World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ah7702
Module code: AH7702 This module re-examines key structures of ancient societies and aspects of their material contexts.
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From flying warehouses to robot toilets five technologies that could shape the future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/from-flying-warehouses-to-robot-toilets-2013-five-technologies-that-could-shape-the-future
Drs Leandro L. Minku, Nervo Xavier Verdezoto D. and Stephan Reiff-Marganiec from our Department of Informatics have discussed future technologies and how they could provide benefits to us.
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EXPERT COMMENT A Le Pen victory could unleash a tsunami of economic volatility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-comment-a-le-pen-victory-could-unleash-a-tsunami-of-economic-volatility
Professor Panicos Demetriades has suggested that a victory for Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential elections could 'unleash a tsunami of economic volatility', in an article for The Conversation.