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Financial regulation, markets and investors
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/fgsg/areas-of-research/financial-regulation
Reshaping finance for a sustainable future. Our research tackles short-termism, climate impact and regulation to build a resilient, responsible financial system.
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Banking
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/fgsg/areas-of-research/banking
Banking research: We explore how banks adapt to climate, technology and regulation. Driving stability, sustainable finance and AI's impact on banking.
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/pvc-education
Find out more about our Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education
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Graduate doctor rushes to aid of stab victim in London tube station
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/graduate-doctor-rushes-to-aid-of-stab-victim-in-london-tube-station
A heroic doctor rushed to the rescue after a man was stabbed in a terrorist attack in a London tube station.
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Students awaken the science of Star Wars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars
Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...
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Puppy power Students Union leads the way with pearls pasties and a new furry friend
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/puppy-power-students-union-leads-the-way-with-pearls-pasties-and-a-new-furry-friend
The Students’ Union has been busy over the summer renovating its food market - and welcoming the newest member to its team, Vinnie the black Labrador retriever. The Union has invested £200,000 in creating a ‘unique’ dining experience in time for Freshers’ Week.
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Attenborough Arts Centre winner at the Excellence in Tourism Awards for the second time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/attenborough-arts-centre-winner-at-the-excellence-in-tourism-awards-for-the-second-time
The Attenborough Arts Centre is thrilled to be the winner of the Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards 2015, under the Access for All category for a second year.
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Another Doctoral Grant success for School of Education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/another-doctoral-grant-success-for-school-of-education-phd-student
Keke Zhang of the School of Education has been awarded a 2015 TOEFL Doctoral Research Grant for her research into the development and validation of a rating scale for assessing argumentative essays written by Chinese undergraduates in English programmes.
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Increased activity during the summer caused by genes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/increased-activity-during-the-summer-caused-by-genes
The warm temperature on a summer’s day is often a time for relaxing, but researchers from the Department of Genetics have suggested that a ‘thermosensory’ gene could be responsible for changes in behaviour in different climates.
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University scientists involved in major international plant reproduction study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-scientists-involved-in-major-international-plant-reproduction-study
Leicester is part of a major new study on the evolution of sexual reproduction in plants which has received 2.6 million euros in funding.