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Never too late to learn what motivates mature students to return to learning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/never-too-late-to-learn-what-motivates-mature-students-to-return-to-learning
A new project has been awarded funding from the College of Social Science Research Development Fund to investigate the motivations and outcomes for mature students who study at undergraduate level part-time.
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English Language Teaching Unit celebrates international research students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/english-language-teaching-unit-celebrates-international-research-students
The second annual English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) Research Festival was held on Wednesday 18th February.
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Leicester establishes partnership with police training college in China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-establishes-partnership-with-police-training-college-in-china
The University has put its name to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zhejiang Police College, China, that will see the sharing of world-leading expertise in forensic science, traditional police work and more.
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New hope for gay communities following Typhoon Haiyan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/new-hope-for-gay-communities-following-typhoon-haiyan
Many LGBT people in Tacloban, Philippines have achieved new-found acceptance in their communities, including a dramatic rise in the number of people using dating applications such as Grindr and Tinder, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, according to research co-led...
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Free online course offers insights into the time of Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/free-online-course-offers-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii
As the first anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III approaches in March, our University is relaunching its highly popular online course that explores what it was really like to live in the world of the last Plantagenet King.
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Leicester academic to appear on BBC Radio 4 to discuss celebrated American author J D Salinger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-of-leicester-academic-to-appear-on-bbc-radio-4-to-discuss-celebrated-american-author-j-d-salinger
A University of Leicester lecturer in American Literature will be exploring the English influences on J. D. Salinger's work on BBC Radio 4 later this month. Dr Sarah Graham, of the School of English, will feature in 'J. D.
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Medicine and welfare in British Civil Wars to be examined at new exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/medicine-and-welfare-in-british-civil-wars-to-be-examined-at-new-exhibition
Surgeons who could remove a bladder stone in 50 seconds, military hospitals run with stern hygiene standards and a complex system of war pensions for the maimed, widowed and orphaned.
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Expert opinions cover stolen treasure sugar refugees the EU and market crashes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/expert-opinions-cover-stolen-treasure-sugar-refugees-and-the-eu
Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing the origin of the national institute, the Bank of England.
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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Delayed publication of government-commissioned research inquiry unearths chaotic records and weak rules
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/delayed-publication-of-government-commissioned-research-inquiry-unearths-chaotic-records-and-weak-rules
A senior member of our University has welcomed a new report relating to government-commissioned research.