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New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pterosaur-ceoptera
Team including University of Leicester palaeontologist have studied a fossil that suggests the flying reptiles developed earlier and were more numerous than thought
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Study aims to tackle overprescribing across England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medication-review
A £2.4 million study led by the University of Leicester is underway to reduce the amount of unnecessary or inappropriate medications prescribed to older patients
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Breaking the ice
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/breaking-the-ice/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 Welcome to the School of English blog! My hope is that this becomes a way of communicating with each other, with our students, with the wider university and with the outside world about the whole range of...
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Migrant Files
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/migrant-files/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations.
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Reflection: So easy to say, yet so hard to do……
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/09/26/reflection-so-easy-to-say-yet-so-hard-to-do/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 26, 2018 Across a wide range of professional areas reflection is seen as a key skill.
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Appendix 1: Policy on student sexual violence and misconduct
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-11/appendix-1
Introduction 1. This policy applies to all registered students of the University and underpins the Regulations on Student Conduct and Discipline, explaining how the Regulations are implemented for cases of sexual misconduct.
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Ethnic minority and poorer children more likely to die in intensive care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/ethnic-minority-death-children-intensive-care-leicester
Children from ethnic minority backgrounds and those living in areas with higher levels of child poverty are more likely to die in intensive care than White children and those from the least deprived areas, new study by University of Leicester researchers shows
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Thesis examination
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-2/thesis-examination
(2)9.46 A higher doctorate may be awarded on the basis of an examination of the written thesis without a viva voce examination. (2)9.47 The examination shall normally be completed within six months of the examiners receiving the higher doctorate candidate’s thesis.
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‘Pivotal’ study finds benefits of reduced calorie diet for pregnant women with gestational diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/reduced-calorie-diet-pregnant-women-gestational-diabetes
New research from the University of Leicester has found following a reduced calorie diet during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe and beneficial for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m2 who have gestational diabetes.
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Universities call on communities to shape research to solve real-life problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-universities-communities-research-solve-real-life-problems
Community organisations across Leicester and Leicestershire are being offered the chance to steer university research.