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  • Genetic switch discovery could help to prevent symptoms of Parkinsons disease

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/genetic-switch-discovery-could-help-to-prevent-symptoms-of-parkinsons-disease

    A genetic ‘switch’ has been discovered by MRC researchers at our University which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

  • Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution

    Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience

  • Historian reveals Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard III are cousins

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historian-reveals-benedict-cumberbatch-and-richard-iii-are-cousins

    Leading historian and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Kevin Schürer, whose genealogy research helped to confirm the identity of King Richard III, has now discovered a link between Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch and the King.

  • Additional tickets available for David Attenborough lecture

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/sir-david-attenborough-lecture-ticket-information

    Due to unprecedented demand for tickets for Sir David Attenborough’s lecture ‘Beauty in Nature’ on Thursday 28 January, the venue for the event has been changed to De Montfort Hall which offers increased capacity.

  • HRH The Duke of Gloucester visits research centre for heart disease

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/hrh-the-duke-of-gloucester-to-visit-research-centre-for-heart-disease

    HRH The Duke of Gloucester is to witness at first hand the life-saving work taking place at the University, working in partnership with Leicester’s Hospitals, when he visits the new British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre at Glenfield Hospital.

  • Student Protection Plan

    https://le.ac.uk/study/how-to-apply/student-protection-plan

    Learn more about our Student Protection Plan. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 requires universities to maintain a Student Protection Plan to protect students’ interests in the case of substantial change.

  • Rum rocks to play a key role in Mars space mission

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/rum-rocks-mars

    Space scientist Professor John Bridges from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been collecting samples of rock from the NatureScot National Nature Reserve for the Mars Sample Return Campaign.

  • Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils

    One of the finest examples of such fossils includes a Cretaceous-era octopus of the extinct genus Keuppia unearthed in Lebanon, estimated to be at least 94 million years old. Sarah Gabbott is a Professor of Palaeobiology and co-author of the paper.

  • Federal Title IV Funding Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

    https://le.ac.uk/policies/fees-funding/us-loans/sap-policy

    The information in the policy is only applicable to University of Leicester students in receipt of Federal Title IV funding from the US Department of Education.

  • Rajinder Bhuhi

    https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/rajinder-bhuhi

    Rajinder heads-up the University of Leicester’s Innovation Hub and has worked at the University as a Senior Enterprise Practitioner since 2007.

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