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  • Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial cause of meningitis, a community acquired infection.

  • Tackling hate: Striving for social justice

    Tackling hate: Striving for social justice On Tuesday 9 November 2021, the first in our series of free public talks, Difficult Conversations, took place.

  • February Book Group: Decline and Fall

    A summary of the February 2014 Book Group meeting

  • Pneumonia

    Pneumonia is disease characterised by inflammation of the lungs, specifically the alveoli. Researchers within LeMID are most interested in the microbiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  • Declining local paper sales are a danger to democracy

    Action needs to be taken to prevent a crisis for local democracy as a result of the dramatic decline in local press readership, a Leicester academic told BBC listeners this week.

  • Leicester geneticists involved in research into the UKs leading cause of food poisoning

    Geneticists at the University are involved in new research, led by the University of Liverpool, which reveals that the immune response of farmed chickens does not develop fast enough to fight off Campylobacter during their short lifespan.

  • Departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality

    Advance HE has announced that three University of Leicester departments are among the most recent institutions and departments to receive an Athena SWAN award, in the charter that recognises commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.

  • Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline

    Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the Botanic Garden on Saturday 24 October hopes to challenge this worrying trend.

  • Tackling student cheating by reimagining university assessment

    In a recent Guardian article, pro Vice-Chancellor for student experience Professor Jon Scott discusses how the increasing availability of academic ghost writing will necessitate a new way for universities to assess their students.

  • Tackling issues of adult education in austere times

    The Standing Conference on the University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA) will be hosted by the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning in July 2016.

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