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Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/amanda-chaplin
A university researcher has been awarded a prestigious prize to continue her cutting-edge work to understand how the body responds to DNA damage that can ultimately lead to cancer.
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Expert reaction to the Manchester moorland fires
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/expert-reaction-to-the-manchester-moorland-fires
Sue Page, Professor of Physical Geography from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, has provided expert comment on the Saddleworth Moor fire which has been raging for three days.
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Preclinical imaging facility
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/research/preclinical-imaging
Our preclinical imaging facility houses a number of state of the art imaging systems.
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Rosalind Franklin Rover one step closer to Mars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/rosalind-franklin-parachute
A spacecraft built using University of Leicester expertise is one step closer to its mission on the surface of Mars following a successful series of high-altitude tests.
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Space Park Leicester to bring space back down to Earth at national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-national-conference
Cutting-edge work of University of Leicester’s science park to be showcased from 16-17 July, including an early prototype of the Double Walled Isolator: a miniature laboratory for returned extraterrestrial samples
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Arrival travel support
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-next-steps/plan-travel/airport-collection-service
Free coach travel for new international students from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Birmingham to Leicester, Booking required.
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Tango for beginners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/04/05/beginners-tango/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 5, 2018 While waiting to be admitted to the room for their first ‘Tango for beginners’ class, participants chatted about their reasons for being there.
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Black Lives Matter
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/black-lives-matter
Academics in the Centre for American Studies have put together a list of resources for anyone interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/highcross-dig-book
Roman curse tablets Intriguing evidence relates to two lead curse tablets, from the town house at Vine Street, which have transformed our understanding of who lived in the Roman town and their links to the wider Empire.
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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.