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University of Leicester and Alsama Project to establish a world-first certification to support displaced youth in accessing higher education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-alsama-project-world-first-certification-displaced-youth
New certification will enable displaced youth to apply to higher education institutions worldwide and seek employment, supporting students in overcoming disrupted and/or informal learning due to conflict or disaster
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Popular new course will put University of Leicester on the map as an institution for inclusive education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/popular-new-course-university-leicester-inclusive-education
An exciting and innovative Leicester course has proven instantly popular with students from the Midlands and beyond, bucking national trends in further education.
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University Chancellor volunteers for medical study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/maggie
A University of Leicester study seeking to discover the effect type 2 diabetes has on the heart has enrolled its Chancellor, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, as its latest healthy volunteer participant.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.
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Ambitious new UK project to transform human disease modelling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cancer-therapies-leicester-research-models
A major new initiative involving University of Leicester experts aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease and the acceleration of new medicines
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Previous projects
https://le.ac.uk/library/get-involved/library-champions/previous-projects
Library champions projects from previous years, where you've made a difference.
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Menopause Policy highlighted on BBC Sunday Politics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/menopause-policy-highlighted-on-bbc-sunday-politics
Menopause research that helped to shape a government report, and led to Leicester becoming the first UK University with a menopause policy, will be the subject of discussion during an upcoming episode of BBC Sunday Politics East Midlands.
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Esteemed academics from top UK universities to take part in Black in Academia panel event at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/esteemed-academics-from-top-uk-universities-to-take-part-in-2018black-in-academia2019-panel-event-at-leicester
An upcoming event at the University of Leicester will see some of Britain’s leading academic minds take part in a discussion on equality in Higher Education on Thursday 26 October.