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Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution
By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...
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Leicester Economics students quiz Bank of England chief
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-economics-students-bank-england-chief-andrew-bailey
Economics students from the University of Leicester were given the lesson of a lifetime after being able to quiz the man who guides the nation’s economic and monetary policy.
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Making space accessible
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/space-accessible
We enable spacecraft power generation and thermal management by developing power systems that enable electricity generation from the rare element americium.
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Student Protection Plan
https://le.ac.uk/study/how-to-apply/student-protection-plan
Learn more about our Student Protection Plan. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 requires universities to maintain a Student Protection Plan to protect students’ interests in the case of substantial change.
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Advancing equity: Challenging embedded whiteness in London Museum
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/challenging-embedded-whiteness
Learn more about the research project Advancing Equity Challenging Embedded Whiteness in London Museum
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Imperial War Museum North (IWMN)
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/imperial-war-museum-north
The project was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum North as part of a process of exploring the future re-development of the Museum.
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Leicester brings researchers and policymakers together in Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/institute-policy-launch
The worlds of policymaking and research converged at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy, held in Westminster last night.
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University of Leicester film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/harms-of-hate
A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (University of Leicester) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the British Society of Criminology.
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Westminster endorsement for Leicester space cluster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/space-park-westminster
The ‘integral’ value of the University of Leicester and its flagship Space Park Leicester development to the UK’s space sector has been highlighted in Parliament.