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Research group appeals for local parents
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/parent-advisory-group
The Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) Programme of Research at the University of Leicester is seeking help to improve its work into the health of babies and young children and would like to hear from parents.
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Leicester ranked among top universities for Clinical Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/shanghai-ranking
The University of Leicester has been ranked in the top 5 UK universities for Clinical Medicine by the prestigious Shanghai World Rankings.
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Inclusive curriculum will ensure “HE is fit for the 21st century”, says Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/inclusive-education
An inclusive curriculum will create a Higher Education system that is “fit for the 21st century”, a leading academic at the University of Leicester has said.
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Leicester computational modelling experts pioneer pest-busting model
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/slug-distribution
Mathematicians at the University of Leicester have developed a new mathematical model which could greatly increase the efficiency of pest control and hence significantly reduce the impact of pests on crops whilst minimising the damage to environment.
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Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep
Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who experience problems with sleep. Across the world, around 55 million people have dementia. Up to 90% of them experience problems sleeping.
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Agreement opens a new route for Canada students to study law in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/humber
The University of Leicester has strengthened its Canadian connections after signing an agreement with Toronto’s Humber Polytechnic.
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Study finds tuberculosis changes liver metabolism and could promote diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/tuberculosis
Scientists from the University of Leicester have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the body
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River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/river-plastic
Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows.
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Dr Paul Campbell appointed Director of Leicester’s new Institute for Inclusivity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/liihe-director
Dr Paul Campbell has been appointed as the Director of the Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education (LIIHE), an interdisciplinary research institute that will seek to lead a transformation in higher education through innovative research new.
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UK’s first and only research Centre dedicated to placing empathy at the heart of healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/stoneygate-director
The incoming director of a major new research and teaching Centre has described the urgent need to place empathy at the heart of healthcare.