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Leicester scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-scientist-wins-prestigious-royal-society-of-chemistry-award
A researcher from the University's College of Medicine has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Award for 2017.
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Graduate named Young Poet Laureate for London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/graduate-named-young-poet-laureate-for-london
Poet Selina Nwulu, who graduated from the University with a degree in French and Italian from the School of Modern Languages, has been named Young Poet Laureate for London. An article in The Guardian outlines how Selina started to write poetry and her plans ahead.
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Media features President and Vice-Chancellor speaking on gender equality campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/media-features-president-and-vice-chancellor-speaking-on-gender-equality-campaign
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has spoken about Leicester’s involvement in the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement in the media, explaining how it is fitting that the University of Leicester should be chosen among only 10 universities in the world that...
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Leicesters contribution to forensic history featured by BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester2019s-contribution-to-forensic-history-featured-by-bbc
BBC4’s new three-part documentary series exploring the history and development of forensic science includes contributions from academics at the University of Leicester, including Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discussing his invention of DNA fingerprinting.
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Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras
Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais region to Britain.
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Spectroscopy and Physical Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt3008
Module code: NT3008 This module will introduce you to the theory and practice behind spectroscopy and expand on the applications of physical chemistry. Spectroscopy is the study of the relationship between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
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Formulating start-up strategy
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch2801
Module code: CH2801 This module will introduce you to the aspects required to start up a venture, such as identifying customers, considering who the stakeholders are and looking at the critical needs of a business before - and in the early stages of - creation.
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Research facility
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/biomarker-facility/research
The van Geest grant will enable further interactions between scientists and clinicians in a dedicated cardiovascular research centre, where detailed studies of a patient’s protein and metabolite make-up will complement their clinical and demographic data, and in combination...
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Thinking Through Things
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1012
Module code: AR1012 This module challenges the stereotype of archaeology as the study of ancient, dusty and rather irrelevant things in the past.
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Researcher wellbeing and research culture
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/wellbeing
The wellbeing of research students is very important to the Programme and to the University of Leicester. Postgraduate students at the University have access to a wealth of resources designed to support their wellbeing and mental health while on the PhD and beyond.