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Breakthrough for firm working to protect satellites from ‘space bullets’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/space-bullet
A company based at the University of Leicester working on a pioneering system to save the space industry billions every year has successfully demonstrated the operation of its technology in orbit.
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Leicester’s cutting-edge research and innovation delights Minister
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-research-and-innovation-minister-visit
Minister Chris Skidmore MP was in Leicester today (Friday 8 March) at the start of British Science Week, visiting the University of Leicester to see first-hand how the University and the region is at the cutting-edge of life sciences and space research and innovation.
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Vegan diet could control blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/vegan-diet
A study supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC EM) into the effects of a vegan diet in people with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes has...
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Big Band raise the bar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/big-band-raise-the-bar
Talented students making up the University’s Big Band have wowed crowds and judges alike with their performances at the National Festival of Music for Youth.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research
The Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester is internationally renowned for the quality of its research.
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Working with faith community to combat diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/working-with-faith-community-to-combat-diabetes
A faith community that we have worked alongside to fight diabetes is now hosting an event on campus to explore how making small changes can help to fight diabetes in a big way.
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January blues Students Union launches 2018 with destress events to ease exam nerves
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/january-blues-student2019s-union-launches-2018-with-de-stress-events-to-ease-exam-nerves
January marks the start of a new year, and, for students across the University, the beginning of exam season. Hours spent in the library revising and writing essays can leave you feeling stressed out and tired.
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Success for tutor delivering refugee support
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/success-for-tutor-delivering-refugee-support
Aleks Palanac (pictured), an EAP (English for Academic Practice) tutor at the ELTU (English Language Teaching Unit), recently returned from an 8-day trip to Greece where she delivered a training programme for Volunteer Teachers of Refugees to teachers working in refugee camps...
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Summer School to help raise aspirations of young people in care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/summer-school-to-help-raise-aspirations-of-young-people-in-care
The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University will be hosting their tenth annual Summer School event, which aims to improve the life chances of young people in public care.
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From Peking to Paris for SCAD research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/from-pekin-to-paris-for-scad-research
Paul Rivlin, a supporter of our University, is embarking on the five week Endurance Rally Association Challenge, driving a 1935 Alvis Silver Eagle from Peking to Paris to raise money towards Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) research at the University.