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Leicester Conference venue receives new accolade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-conference-venue-receives-new-accolade
Our conference and training venue College Court has taken pride of place in a prestigious local awards dinner.
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New report on stillbirth and neonatal death rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/new-report-on-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates
Research published today involving our university shows that the stillbirth rate in the UK has reduced by almost 8% over the period 2013 to 2015. A current Government ambition is to halve the rates of stillbirth and neonatal death in England by 2030.
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New report part-funded by University of Leicester finds half of space workforce joins by age 25
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/space-census-skills
The first report on how and why people join the UK space sector, based on a census of the space sector funded by the University of Leicester, has been published by the Space Skills Alliance.
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New target could help to reduce symptoms of asthma attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-target-could-help-to-reduce-symptoms-of-asthma-attacks
An international team of researchers including Professors David Lambert from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Chris Brightling from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has examined the role of a receptor in the body that...
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Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment
Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use of liquid biopsies to help predict how successfully patients would respond to treatment.
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Phage film receives UK debut at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory didn’t have to die. We call it a preventable tragedy.
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David Watkin
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/david-watkin
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Mr David Watkin, who was instrumental in the founding of Leicester Medical School. The following obituary, by David's daughter Sally Watkin, originally appeared in the BMJ.
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Migrant status compounds inequality for ethnic minority NHS staff, new study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ethnic-minority-healthcare-workers
Ethnic minority healthcare workers who are also born overseas face a double disadvantage due to the combined effects of ethnicity and migrant status, according to new research by University of Leicester experts.
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DNA, genes and chromosomes for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna/dna-higher-education
Information on genetics for higher education students, including links to relevant resources to help with research.
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Using smart bombs to kill old cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-nanotechnology-killing-old-cells
A new nanotechnology developed at the University of Leicester could lead to people living longer.