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Meningitis
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/meningitis
At the University of Leicester, LeMID researchers are studying meningitis with specific regards for Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Past PhD projects
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/research-degrees/past-phd-projects
Browse the list of past medieval PhD projects undertaken at the University of Leicester. Thesis topics range across the whole of the Middle Ages and also across the full range of disciplines represented within the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
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Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep
Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who experience problems with sleep. Across the world, around 55 million people have dementia. Up to 90% of them experience problems sleeping.
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New robot to detect Parkinson’s disease could be used on humans in the next 5 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/parkinsons-robot
Parkinson’s disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain called the substantia nigra. As a result, dopamine – a chemical that helps to regulate movement of the body – drops.
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Public lecture on kidney dialysis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-dialysis-lecture
The challenges facing dialysis patients and the health professionals who treat them is the subject of a public lecture at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 11 February.
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The Barnardo’s Oral History project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/the-barnardos-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 This project includes : The personal experience of Vice President, Baroness Floella Benjamin who came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago as a small child A...
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Security and Risk Management MSc, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/security-and-risk-management-msc-dl/2025
This is for you if... you want the flexibility of studying by distance learning whilst developing your critical and practical knowledge and understanding of crime, security and risk management.
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Security and Risk Management MSc, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/security-and-risk-management-msc-dl/2026
This is for you if... you want the flexibility of studying by distance learning whilst developing your critical and practical knowledge and understanding of crime, security and risk management.
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Sustainability in the Workplace is About More than the Environment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2022/03/15/sustainability-in-the-workplace-is-about-more-than-the-environment/
Organisations need to think about sustainability when it comes to employees, not just the environment. Working with academics to conduct studies of employee involvement in relation to sustainability could lead to increases in productivity
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Useful links
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links
Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.