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Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the next five years.
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Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm
A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Brexit: How Does it Look from Gibraltar?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/04/28/brexit-how-does-it-look-from-gibraltar/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on April 28, 2016 In April 2015, in the run-up to the British general election, I predicted that , counter-intuitively, the best outcome for the UK overseas territory of Gibraltar might well be a Labour or Labour-SNP...
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Surveillance and Power – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/10/21/the-protection-of-knowledge-as-the-production-of-ignorance/
Posted by Tomasz Wisniewski in School of Business Blog on October 21, 2014 Geoff Lightfoot and Tomasz Wisniewski, Senior Lecturers in the School’s Finance and Accounting Group, describe information asymmetry as a politically prevalent predicament about which we should all be...
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August Book Group: Late Short Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/09/01/lateshortstories/
Summary of the Evelyn Waugh Book Group's discussions of the later short stories
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/research
All academics in the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester are actively engaged in academic research, publishing their work both here in the UK and in the USA. Find out about our research projects.
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Preparing the king for reburial
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/reinterring/preparing-for-reburial
The team felt that Richard III’s burial container should be made using traditional craft methods, and all materials should be sourced from the British Isles, should be natural, and should have been readily available in the medieval period.
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Multi-sport success and international representation for Team Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/multisport-success-and-international-representation-for-team-leicester
Our students have been busy representing the University at a variety of sports events and competitions over the past couple of weeks.
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Is your review viable?
https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/systematic-reviews/is-your-review-viable
Information to decide if a proposed systematic review is viable and how to do a scoping review