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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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Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human
University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have joined the programme for the UK’s largest national festival of the humanities.
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Leicester experts feed £3.6 million sustainable agriculture training programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sustainable-agriculture-training
Researchers at the University of Leicester will lend their expertise to a new £3.6 million postgraduate training programme in sustainable agricultural innovation.
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Research shows higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal death for those living in deprived areas, minority ethnic groups and twin pregnancies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/stillbirth
People living in the UK’s most deprived areas, minority ethnic groups and those with twin pregnancies all continue to experience higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal death according to new research from the MBRRACE-UK team at the University of Leicester.
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AI-powered research tackles healthcare inequality for people with learning disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/midland-report-ai-health-outcomes
A new report by the Academy of Social Sciences has showcased research by the University of Leicester and led by Loughborough University on using artificial intelligence to tackle healthcare inequality.
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Trading places: University of Leicester scientist swaps roles with parliamentarian for Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2025
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/scientist-parliamentarian-royal-society-pairing-scheme
University of Leicester environmental health expert to spend next week working in Parliament
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Brian Windley
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/brian-windley
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Leicester scientists shortlisted to showcase their research to the House of Commons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-researchers-shortlisted-to-showcase-their-research-to-the-house-of-commons
Researchers from the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology will have the opportunity to present their research to policy makers after being shortlisted for the STEM for Britain 2017 awards at the House of Commons.
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Over £600,000 for University of Leicester to shrink AI algorithms for smarter spacecraft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/shrinking-ai-spacecraft
Multidisciplinary team from University of Leicester receives £690,000 funding from UK Space Agency and aims to develop and demonstrate streamlined machine learning algorithms suitable for limited spacecraft power and computing performance
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Vegan diet could control blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/vegan-diet
A study supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC EM) into the effects of a vegan diet in people with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes has...