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Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with premature mortality rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/supply-of-gps-and-detection-of-hypertension-in-england-associated-with-premature-mortality-rates
General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research led by Professor Richard Baker from the Department of Health Sciences.
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University scientists study solar system formation using over 1200 alien worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-scientists-study-solar-system-formation-using-over-1-200-alien-worlds
Space scientists at the University are using groundbreaking new information about hundreds of newly discovered exoworlds to help them better understand the evolution of solar systems.
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College Court shortlisted for three Leicestershire Tourism Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/09-college-court-nominations
Returning for a ninth year, the Leicestershire Tourism Awards are aimed at finding the very best tourism businesses in Leicestershire.
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University celebrates LGBT History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/university-celebrates-lgbt-history-month
LGBT+ History Month is being marked at our University with a myriad of events from 12 to 28 February. The University has been rated as one of the top 100 employers in Stonewall’s Workplace index.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/meningitis/streptococcus-pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial cause of meningitis, a community acquired infection.
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Principles and Practices of Marketing (Management MSc)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn7563
Module code: MN7563 Module co-ordinator: Dr Andrea Davies Module Outline This module presents the concepts of marketing in all types of organisations; promotes understanding of interrelationships between the marketing mix elements and an appreciation of marketing in a...
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Global History: comparative and connected approaches
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7310
Module code: HS7310 The ‘global turn’ describes a field of historical research that emerged in part as a response to decolonisation and the break-up of European empires, challenges to white supremacy and the global order, and demands for the recognition of the histories of...
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Global History: comparative and connected approaches
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7310
Module code: HS7310 The ‘global turn’ describes a field of historical research that emerged in part as a response to decolonisation and the break-up of European empires, challenges to white supremacy and the global order, and demands for the recognition of the histories of...
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/hpru/about-us
Director - Anna Hansell, Co-Director - Karen Exley The Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Environmental Exposures and Health is a partnership between the University of Leicester, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the...
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Immunology
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/immunology
The University of Leicester is interested in how the host immune response protects us against lethal infection, pathologies associated with the immune response, and how pathogens can avoid, resist or exploit our immune systems to cause disease.