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University staff and students feature in FT testimonies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-staff-and-students-feature-in-ft-testimonies
Staff and students from the University's School of Management feature in a new video series from the Financial Times.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 17 23 September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-17-23-september
Stephanie Gordon, a final year doctoral student in the Department of Politics and International Relations, has written an article for The Conversation about the Uighurs - a Muslim Turkic ethnic group, most of whose Chinese population reside in China’s north-western Xinjiang...
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Local children enjoy Making Money in new project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/local-children-enjoy-2018making-money2019
Hundreds of local children have been drawing their own £100 notes, and thousands of these brilliant designs will be on display in the Knoll House on 5 and 6 March, coinciding with the second of the Botanic Garden’s Crocus Sundays.
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Formula One Team Executive Director to give guest address at annual engineering lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/formula-one-team-executive-director-to-give-guest-address-at-annual-engineering-lecture
The Executive Director of the one of world's most successful Formula One teams, and the man behind Lewis Hamilton's race success, will be guest speaker at the University's 18th annual engineering lecture organised by the Department of Engineering.
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New study provides insights into complexities of gender at work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-male-workers-in-typically-female-jobs-are-not-motivated-by-money
Men in typically female-dominated occupations tend to value the social aspects of their career over financial rewards, the findings of a study by Dr Catherine Steele from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour and a team at the University of...
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The Bulletin Leicester geology students discover LCFC earthquake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-leicester-geology-students-discover-lcfc-earthquake
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how Leicester City are shaking up the Premier League; how a new target could help to reduce symptoms of asthma attacks and which new state-of-the-art teaching and research facility has...
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Cancer researchers lead the way in cutting-edge research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-researchers-lead-the-way-in-cutting-edge-research
Researchers from the city’s Cancer Research UK Centre based at the University of Leicester, will be collaborating with scientists across the UK, following the announcement today of the charity’s Centres’ Network Accelerator Awards.
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Leicester researchers working to develop understanding of autism in South Asian families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-researchers-working-to-develop-understanding-of-autism-in-south-asian-families
A new project led by the University aims to develop and evaluate online videos to educate families from the South Asian Community in Leicestershire about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Alumnus and entrepreneur encourages students to "be bold and don't settle"
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/alumnus-and-entrrpreneur-encourages-students-to-be-bold-and-don2019t-settle
The founder of the satellite technology company Planet, whose mission is to image the whole Earth every day, has been interviewed about his experience at University and how it led to the creation of his game-changing organisation.
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Year in industry
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/careers/year-in-industry
Our programme offers a year in industry option, allowing you to gain professional experience of working in a sector related to your course.