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Leicester expert comments on new report into Class Pay Gap
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-expert-comments-on-new-report-into-class-pay-gap
Dr Daniela Rudloff from the School of Business has commented on a new BBC Report on Social Mobility which found a class pay gap in a number of UK professions.
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Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms
Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.
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Leicester ranks among top 50 universities in the world for clinical medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-ranks-among-top-50-universities-in-the-world-for-clinical-medicine
An international league table has ranked our University amongst the top fifty in the world for Clinical Medicine.
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EarthSense partnership maps clean air cycle routes in Britains cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/earthsense-partnership-maps-city-clean-air-cycle-routes-in-britains-cities
A project combining Ordnance Survey (OS) geospatial data with real-time air quality data from EarthSense Systems is set to highlight clean cycle routes in Britain’s cities. EarthSense Systems is a joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and our University.
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Study provides further evidence that statins could prevent blood clots in the veins
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-provides-further-evidence-that-statins-could-prevent-blood-clots-in-the-veins
Further evidence has been found by researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Bristol to suggest statins could “significantly reduce” the occurrence of blood clotting in certain parts of the body.
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Attenboroughs pledge support for Leicesters centenary celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/attenboroughs-pledge-support-for-leicester2019s-centenary-celebration
Sir David Attenborough OM and his nephew, Michael Attenborough CBE, were the guests of honour at the University's Alumni Association’s Black Tie Dinner event in London last night, where they were announced as the patrons of our upcoming centenary celebrations.
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University involved in major audio preservation project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/university-involved-in-major-audio-preservation-project
The British Library is today launching ‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’, a major £18.8 million preservation and access project, which has received a £9.5 million National Lottery grant.
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Expert opinions cover Brexit womens protests in South Korea and Boko Haram
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-and-womens-protests
In an article for 'The UK in a Changing Europe', Dr Simona Guerra from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has examined the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and attitudes towards Brexit following the recent pro-EU...
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How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome
Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...
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CMS Societies
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/about/cms-societies
Leicester Actuarial Sciences Society (LASS) The Leicester Actuarial Science Society is led by Leicester students and is a part of the Institute and faculty of actuaries for student actuaries community across Leicester, Coventry & Peterborough.