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Regulations governing professional Doctorate programmes: Specific learning difficulties, disability, and long-term medical conditions
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/sr9-appendix-3/sr9-a3-part-5-learning-difficulties
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Standing Together Against Hate new animation highlights the importance of challenging hate hostility and harassment in Higher Education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/standing-together-against-hate-new-animation-to-be-showcased-at-british-society-of-criminology-conference
Professor Neil Chakraborti, Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy and Dr Chris Allen from our Centre for Hate Studies will be leading a roundtable discussion on tackling hate crime in higher education at the British Society of Criminology Conference on the 5th July.
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Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/peatlands-will-store-more-carbon-as-planet-warms-study-suggests
Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests Photograph of a peat field|Leicester scientist part of international study into effects of global warming on peatlands Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as...
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Satellite data to help map endangered monkey populations on Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/satellite-data-to-help-map-endangered-monkey-populations-on-earth
A team of scientists led by the Universities of Leicester and East Anglia are leading research to protect wildlife by using satellite data to identify monkey populations that have declined through hunting.
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Disparity in cultural sector funding deprives regional museums libraries and heritage sites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/disparity-in-cultural-sector-funding-deprives-regional-museums-libraries-and-heritage-sites
An academic from the School of Museum Studies has suggested that disparities in funding for the cultural sector at a regional level results in cultural institutions and programmes in many areas of the UK being deprived of vital resources.
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Doctoral loan
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/other-funding/doctoral-loan
If you’re applying for a research degree (PhD) at Leicester, then you may be eligible to apply for the new Government-funded Doctoral Loan.
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Tim Peake to feature on expert panel: ‘What can space do for us?’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/space-park-conversations-tech
Experts from the worlds of science and technology including ESA astronaut Tim Peake will join a special panel discussion at the launch of Space Park Leicester.
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Employee involvement can help solve the productivity puzzle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-employee-involvement-solve-productivity-puzzle
A group of people gathered around a table in an office environment|University of Leicester expert calls for fresh thinking on how to involve employees in the work place A new report by Professor Stephen Wood, Professor of Management at the University of Leicester suggests...
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Initiative aims to address health challenges of an ageing population
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/blue-zones
An initiative involving the University of Leicester aims to address the growing health challenges of an ageing UK population.
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Conservation quest to identify Leicesters wildlife and protect wild hedgehogs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/conservation-quest-to-identify-wildlife-ranging-from-bats-to-butterflies
Staff and students will be embarking on a quest - along with eager members of the public - to identify a wide range of wildlife in Leicestershire as part of Leicester’s annual wildlife survey from Friday 12 May, as Bioblitz returns for its eighth year.