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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome
A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.
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Geographer to receive national award for promoting diversity in teaching
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/geographer-to-receive-national-award-for-promoting-diversity-in-teaching
The efforts of Dr Margaret Byron (pictured) from the Department of Geography to bring the subjects of race and diversity into geography education have been recognised by a prestigious professional body.
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Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts
Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.
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Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/centre-organisations-sustainable-success
The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.
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Innovative Leicester centre spearheads international initiative
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/empathy-network
An international network which is driving forward empathic healthcare across the world has staged its first ever meeting in Leicester
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Postgraduate
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/distance-learning/postgraduate
Our distance learning MA (Master of Arts) courses are postgraduate-level courses, completely equivalent to studying with us on campus.
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Annual Fund Telephone Campaign
https://le.ac.uk/giving/ways-to-give/telephone-campaign
Every year a team of committed and enthusiastic students take part in our annual telephone campaign, speaking to graduates, family and friends to thank them for their continued support and to raise vital philanthropic funds for the University's Greatest Need Fund.
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Karis Wainaina
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/karis-wainaina
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Love across cultural boundaries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/love-across-cultural-boundaries
Sue Bishop, a local mature student studying at Leicester, is keen to hear from women around the county willing to share memories of their long-term mixed romantic relationships.