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Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod
The research team’s findings, published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters, show how ostracods began to swim into estuaries about 420 million years ago during the Silurian Period, beginning their exploration of many new habitats.
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Multi-sport success and international representation for Team Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/multisport-success-and-international-representation-for-team-leicester
Our students have been busy representing the University at a variety of sports events and competitions over the past couple of weeks.
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Worlds collide: University of Leicester experts to help upgrade Large Hadron Collider experiment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-experts-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-experiment
Expertise from Leicester in particle detectors to contribute to next upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, thought to be the first time Leicester scientists are working directly on instrumentation for the world’s largest particle accelerator
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Leicester graduate excels in International Hackathon promoting women in computer science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-of-leicester-graduate-excels-in-international-hackathon-promoting-women-in-computer-science
When it comes to paving out a career post-university, Software and Electronics Engineering graduate Oishi Deb is showing everyone how it’s done. Rather than kicking back and relaxing over the summer, Oishi jetted off to Barcelona to take part in WomENcourage 2017.
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Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet
A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.
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Take a visual tour of womens influence throughout University history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/take-a-visual-tour-of-women2019s-influence-throughout-university-history
From the first female students in 1921, to the first black female president of the Students’ Union in 1975, to the present day, women have played a vital role in our University's history, an exhibition currently being held at the Library reveals.
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Singing Criminologist Ashleigh empowers with her music
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/2018singing-criminologist2019-ashleigh-empowers-with-her-music
Master’s student at Leicester Ashleigh Temperley recently created an original song entitled ‘People with Voices’ as part a creative module during her degree. However, for Ashleigh, the song’s purpose is far more than academic.
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Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/antimicrobial-therapy-can-prevent-sepsis-in-pneumonia-patients
Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by Leicester has shown.
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Leicester doctor and researcher listed in Forbes ‘30 under 30’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/forbes-30
An infectious diseases doctor at Leicester’s Hospitals has been listed as one of Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ in Europe in the field of Science and Healthcare.
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Leicester expert in top 50 list of innovators driving transition to net zero
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/heiko-balzter-net-zero-50
An Earth observation expert from the University of Leicester has been named one of the UK’s top 50 innovators who are driving the transition to net zero.