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Leicestershire’s universities call for innovators to make big ideas a reality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/ventureversity
VentureVersity Leicestershire Accelerator Scheme, led by University of Leicester, is looking for businesses, academic partners, students, and entrepreneurs to work with university ideas and intellectual property
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University awarded £14 million to expand research into lifestyle changes which could help those from multi-ethnic communities with chronic conditions live longer and better lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/leicester-lifestyle
More than £14 million has been awarded to The University of Leicester to expand its research into the prevention and management of chronic disease through physical activity.
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Major investment in doctoral students to support next generation of researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/doctoral-funding
University of Leicester is a partner in two programmes to benefit from £500 million investment in postgraduate training nationally
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Students star on historic day for Leicester Tigers Women
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/leicester-tigers-women
Rugby players from the University of Leicester featured in an historic fixture for Leicester Tigers last week.
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The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code
Charles Dickens’s festive favourite A Christmas Carol is a staple of the holiday season. But now Leicester literary experts are part of an international team looking to uncover the secrets of the author’s coded manuscripts.
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Patients at higher risk of developing ME after COVID-19 diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/coronavirus-me-risk
On ME Awareness day today (Tuesday 12 May) researchers at the University of Leicester have warned that up to one in ten patients who have had coronavirus could be at higher risk of developing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).
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Representing BAME individuals in Covid-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-individuals
Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to scientists from UK and USA.
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New study calls for action on air pollution in Northern India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/north-india-air-pollution
New research led by the University of Leicester calls for urgent action on open field burning to reduce the intensity of post-monsoon air pollution in Northern India.
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Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/fruit-air-pollution-lung-function
Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam by Leicester scientists
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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.