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Professor Sir Nilesh Samani announced as next British Heart Foundation Medical Director
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/professor-sir-nilesh-samani-announced-as-next-british-heart-foundation-medical-director
Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured) has been announced as the next Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). He will succeed Professor Peter Weissberg who will retire in October 2016 after twelve years as Medical Director of the cardiovascular research charity.
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Academics and Leicester sports coaches team up in ERASMUS research project on ethics code for grassroots sport across Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academics-and-leicester-sports-coaches-team-up-in-erasmus-research-project-on-ethics-code-for-grassroots-sport-across-europe
Leicester City Football Club led the way in professional football excellence in England in 2016, but now the public focus has shifted once more to football's problems – the depressing hooliganism stories from Euro 2016.
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£5 million grant for health science PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant
The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.
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Enhancing research and impact through collaboration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-rutherford-fellows
Interdiscplinary research Interdisciplinary research| National event at Leicester brings together international Rutherford Fellows to celebrate interdisciplinary research.
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Sponsored sleep-out to support Leicester’s homeless
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-big-sleep-2019
University of Leicester staff and students will participate in ‘The Big Sleep’ on Thursday 21 March 2019.
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Leicester researcher scoops prestigious award for her work on asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/impact-award-nihr-leicester
The work of a Leicester researcher testing the benefits of a new treatment for severe asthma has scooped a prestigious award
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Journalism academic set for ninth night of general election analysis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/tor-election
As election fever hits the UK, one University of Leicester academic is about to cover his ninth UK general election night.
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A closer look at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/a-closer-look-at-jupiter
The vital role that Jupiter plays in discovering the origins of our solar system was explored by a Leicester astronomer and Juno science team member.
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New research shows link between BMI and depression
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/bmi-depression
New research by academics at the University of Leicester has found that your risk of depression increases with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) – which is bad news for those who have put on the dreaded ‘corona-stone’ during lockdown.
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Honour for leading criminologist at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/honour-for-leading-criminologist-at-university-of-leicester
A leading criminologist at the University of Leicester is bringing her expertise in forensic science and criminal justice to an editorial role.