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BRC Director chosen to receive international outstanding achievement award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/diabetes-ada-award-melanie-davies
Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC, Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
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Charity pays for Gazan medical students to complete their studies with the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/charity-supports-gazan-medical-students-university-leicester
A charity has stepped in to cover the living costs of two medical students displaced from war-torn Gaza, to complete their studies at the University of Leicester.
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New Leicester media festival to launch this September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/festival-of-media-stories
A new festival celebrating film and media in Leicester will launch at University of Leicester this Autumn
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Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study
A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges
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Peatland protection
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/peatland-protection
Peatlands around the world are being destroyed to make way for plantation development, logging and mining.
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College House
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/college-house
College House was built in 1872, and is perhaps most famous for being the childhood home of Sir David and Richard Attenborough. Find out more about its history.
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University researchers publish new report evaluating efforts to improve person-centred care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-researchers-publish-new-report-evaluating-efforts-to-improve-person-centred-care
An independent evaluation report led by researchers from our University has been published, based on work funded by the Health Foundation and NHS England The report sets out the findings from a qualitative evaluation of the feasibility of using a tool called the Patient...
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Diabetes risk score translation event taking place in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/diabetes-risk-score-translation-event-taking-place-in-leicester
An event to launch the translation of a Type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool into two South Asian languages takes place in Leicester next week.
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In the market for a laugh Students help promote Leicester Comedy Festival shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/in-the-market-for-a-laugh-students-help-promote-leicester-comedy-festival-shows
For those of you in need of an uplifting break from recent world events, this week sees the welcome return of Leicester Comedy Festival with hundreds of performances running in over 60 venues in Leicestershire from 8 - 26 February.
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Expert comments on Theresa Mays General Election announcement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/experts-comment-on-theresa-mays-calling-of-a-general-election-in-june
Dr Rob Dover from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing Theresa May's surprise announcement to hold a General Election in June of this year.