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• £6,000 award empowers Leicester’s Black and Mixed Heritage students to embRACE study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/embrace

  A new award that aims to empower Black and Mixed Heritage students to flourish at the University of Leicester has been established by one of its alumni, inspired by superstar British rapper Stormzy.

• Genetics study to improve prediction of heart disease recruits 20000th participant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/genetics-study-to-improve-prediction-of-heart-disease-recruits-20-000th-participant

  A team of researchers from our University and NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (LCBRU) in conjunction with colleagues from Primary Care and Leicester and Leicestershire CCGs have recruited their 20,000th participant to a landmark genetics study.

• Sheep urine study examines impact of greenhouse gas

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/sheep-urine-study-examines-impact-of-greenhouse-gas

  Dr Mick Whelan and Professor Heiko Balzter from our Department of Geography have just started a three-year NERC-funded project to explore the interaction between livestock (sheep) grazing behaviour, urine composition and subsequent nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from urine...

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  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/north-america/usa

  We welcome students from the USA. Find out about entry requirements, the American student community and other country-specific information.

• Opening up the University archives for Heritage Open Days on 19/20 September

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/18-heritage-open-days

  As part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, the University of Leicester is opening its archives up to the public with a series of free events on Thursday 19 September and Friday 20 September.

• Recruitment begins for ethnic minority healthcare staff COVID research study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/recruitment-begins-for-ethnic-minority-healthcare-staff

  A drive to encourage ethnic minority healthcare workers to participate in a Government-backed study investigating the risks of COVID-19 to their health has been launched today.

• 40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter

  An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...

• Major new hate crime study to shape improved support services for victims

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/major-new-hate-crime-study-to-shape-improved-support-services-for-victims

  A major new study to investigate hate crime in the West Midlands and to shape the development of improved support services for victims is being led by our University.

• Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition

  A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.

• Study should inform future health provision for premature youngsters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/preterm-healthcare-leicester-study

  A new study by University of Leicester researchers has found that children born preterm spend an average of two days admitted to hospital between going home from neonatal care and their second birthday