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PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million
Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.7 million- which will be used to fund life-saving kidney research of global significance in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology.
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People using Leicester maternity services to benefit from innovative empathy training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/empathy-training
University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust is collaborating with the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare to build on its culture of empathy within maternity services through training and leadership workshops
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Work placement
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement
All students on our campus-based masters programmes in Museum Studies and Art Museum and Gallery Studies at the University of Leicester undertake an 8 week, full-time, work placement. Find out more.
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New antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategies
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses/new-amr-stategies
Microbes are constantly adapting to their environment, including adapting to survive against current antimicrobial treatment. Strategies include efflux pumps, horizontal gene transfer, bacteriophage and mutation.
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Professor Sir Geoff Palmer
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sir-geoff-palmer
A tribute to Sir Geoff Palmer, honouring his legacy as a pioneering scientist, educator, and advocate for equality. Discover his contributions and connection to the University of Leicester.
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Reka Plugor
https://le.ac.uk/people/reka-plugor
The academic profile of Dr Réka Plugor, Associate Professor of Work and Employment at University of Leicester
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Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/house-of-lords
Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on light and noise pollution
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University of Leicester alumnus amongst ten Windrush pioneers to have portrait commissioned by the King
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/windrush-geoff
Sir Godfrey ‘Geoff’ Palmer OBE is one of ten pioneering members of the Windrush Generation who have had portraits commissioned by King Charles III to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush.
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Leicester among worlds most influential for asthma research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-among-2018world2019s-most-influential2019-for-asthma-research
A study of the most influential research in asthma in the last 50 years from around the world found that the University of Leicester and Leicester’s Hospitals asthma research team were in the top 3 worldwide.
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National conference to focus on menopause policy in the workplace
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/national-conference-to-focus-on-menopause-policy-in-the-workplace
Experts from our University are to showcase menopause policies in the workplace at a national conference. The University of Leicester is the first University in the UK with a workplace menopause policy.