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Who were the first students of the University of Leicester?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/10/13/who-were-our-first-students/
A blog post discussing the early students of the University of Leicester.
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A quarter of FTSE 350 companies have only one woman on their board
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/a-quarter-of-ftse-350-companies-have-only-one-woman-on-their-board/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 …according to the 2018 report of the Hampton-Alexander review into increasing the number of women in senior positions in FTSE 350 companies.
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Taiwan
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/asia/taiwan
We welcome students from Taiwan. Find out about entry requirements, the Taiwanese student community and other country-specific information.
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UK delegation travels to India to meet first cohort studying Apollo-Leicester course
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/uk-delegation-india-first-cohort-apollo-leicester-course
A University of Leicester delegation travelled to India to meet the very first cohort of students on a degree which will see them split their studies between the UK and the subcontinent.
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€1.5 million award to study birth of planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant
Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).
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Leicester study to improve crop plants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants
Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.
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Distance Learning (DL) Sanctuary Awards
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/dl-sanctuary
Our Sanctuary Awards offer opportunities for those who have been forcibly displaced from their homes and/or who are at risk of political persecution, violence or conflict anywhere in the world to study with the University of Leicester part-time via distance learning.
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COVID-19: study into long-term health impacts launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/covid-19-study-long-term-health-impacts
A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients has been launched.
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Podcast celebrates 10 years of major local health study with global impact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/exceed-podcast
Researchers behind a major health study involving 11,000 patients across the city and county have highlighted the benefits it has brought over the past 10 years
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Global study reveals new hypertension and blood pressure genes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/global-study-reveals-new-hypertension-and-blood-pressure-genes
Thirty-one new gene regions linked with blood pressure have been identified in one of the largest genetic studies of blood pressure to date, involving over 347,000 people, and jointly led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Cambridge, with...