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Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees
A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.
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Nick Everett
https://le.ac.uk/people/nick-everett
The academic profile of Mr Nick Everett, Associate Professor in American Literature & Creative Writing at University of Leicester
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research
The Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester is internationally renowned for the quality of its research.
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School of Respiratory Sciences research contributed to several strong UoAs in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/ref2021
School of Respiratory Sciences research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/hpru/about-us
Director - Anna Hansell, Co-Director - Karen Exley The Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Environmental Exposures and Health is a partnership between the University of Leicester, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the...
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Refugees and asylum seekers offered chance to find out about higher education opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-offered-chance-to-find-out-about-higher-education-opportunities
Refugees and asylum seekers are being offered free advice on how to access higher education in the UK on Thursday 22 February. The event is intended to help refugees and asylum seekers to better understand processes for applying to a Higher Education institution in the UK.
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Alex Young
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/alex-young
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Dr Alex Young, who taught Engineering at Leicester in the 1960s and 1970s. Dr Young, who was an expert in the use of concrete in civil engineering, passed away in Cambridge on 23 October 2024.
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Poshak Puralekh
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/poshak-puralekh
Physical detail Number of items in the collection: 7 interviews Venues where the material can be listened to: digitised copies of interviews available to listen to at EMOHA Media available: digital files Collection history Poshak Puralekh – meaning costume...
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17m invested in Leicester to turn lab discoveries into new cancer drugs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps1-7m-invested-in-leicester-to-turn-lab-discoveries-into-new-cancer-drugs
Cancer Research UK has awarded the University £1.7 million through a new Centres Network Accelerator Award for research to crack the structure of molecules involved in cancer and to develop new drugs.
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Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with premature mortality rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/supply-of-gps-and-detection-of-hypertension-in-england-associated-with-premature-mortality-rates
General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research led by Professor Richard Baker from the Department of Health Sciences.