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Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gl4001
Module code: GL4001 This applied module introduces basic concepts and techniques in practical engineering geology and hydrogeology.
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Expert in infectious diseases to call for research improvements during epidemics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/expert-in-infectious-diseases-to-call-for-research-improvements-during-epidemics
The research response to epidemics has been slow and our attitude to carrying out research in the midst of infectious disease outbreaks needs to change, an expert in infectious diseases will argue at a lecture on 18 November.
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Movember 2023
https://le.ac.uk/movember
Would you like to raise funds for men’s health causes and have fun at the same time? Why not join students and staff across the University this Movember? The main way that people raise funds for Movember is by growing a sponsored moustache – ‘Grow a mo to help a bro’ – but in...
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Debating Crimea
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/27/debating-crimea/
Posted by Olga Suhomlinova in School of Business Blog on March 27, 2014 Dr Olga Suhomlinova, Lecturer in Management at the School, responds to a question which she now finds herself expected to answer “So, what do you think about Crimea?” This is the most frequent question I...
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Student gospel choir to give pop-up concert at Leicester’s John Lewis for Black History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/student-gospel-choir-concert-john-lewis-black-history-month
A student gospel choir will entertain John Lewis shoppers as part of the University of Leicester’s Black History Month celebrations.
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Stem cells collected in late pregnancy herald advances in prenatal medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/stem-cells
Pioneering approach, developed by researchers with key input from the University of Leicester, means human development can be observed in late pregnancy for the first time
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New advance announced in fight against Alzheimers and Parkinsons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-advance-announced-in-fight-against-alzheimers-and-parkinsons
A five-year study by an international team led by Leicester has found a way of ‘reversing’ symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – using fruit flies as test subjects.
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BBCs science preview of the year 2016 includes Leicester research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/bbcs-science-preview-of-the-year-2016-includes-leicester-research
Research into the Anthropocene has been mentioned in a BBC article covering the big upcoming science stories of 2016. The Anthropocene is a term formulated in 2000 to denote the present age, where humans are dramatically altering many geologically important conditions.
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Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.
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Project to investigate genetic roots of resistance to anti-cancer therapy agents
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/project-to-investigate-genetic-roots-of-resistance-to-anti-cancer-therapy-agents
The mechanisms that cause cancers to respond poorly to therapy are to be investigated in a project that commemorates and honours the work of an eminent Leicester geneticist.