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UK delegation travels to India to meet first cohort studying Apollo-Leicester course
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/uk-delegation-india-first-cohort-apollo-leicester-course
A University of Leicester delegation travelled to India to meet the very first cohort of students on a degree which will see them split their studies between the UK and the subcontinent.
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Patients join our University in enhancing medical training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/patients-join-our-university-in-enhancing-medical-training
An innovative initiative that aims to put the real-life experiences of local patients at the heart of medical education is to be launched this month.
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Tackling the climate crisis from space: Leicester puts quality data at the forefront of COP28 agenda
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cop28-space-climate
Three University of Leicester experts will attend COP28 in Dubai to show the value of space technology in tackling climate change
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SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch): Academic and staff blogs from
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/page/2/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Project investigates new proteinfolding process
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/project-investigates-new-2018protein-folding2019-process
A new research project from our Department of Chemistry aims to overcome a fundamental problem in biochemistry, potentially allowing us to investigate the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Life-saving equipment made publicly available
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/life-saving-equipment-made-publicly-available
Our University has installed its first community public access defibrillators (cpads) which are available for use by staff, students and members of the public in an emergency.
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Leicester DNA research presented to House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-dna-research-presented-to-house-of-commons-science-and-technology-committee
Written evidence from the University of Leicester about the future of DNA research in the UK has been presented to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into genomics and genome editing.
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Surgical interventions to reduce infection risk
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/risk-factors/patient-risk-assessment/surgical-interventions-to-reduce-infection-risk
To reduce the risk of patient developing an infection the surgical team have a list of actions that are used prior to and during surgery.
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Sports stars supported by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sports-scholars
An Olympic hockey player, a national dodgeball star, and one of the UK’s top snowboarders are among the University of Leicester’s latest Sports Scholarship awardees.
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David Wilson Library changes for 2023-24
https://le.ac.uk/library/news/david-wilson-library-changes-for-2023-24
If you're returning to the David Wilson Library for the first time since the Summer, you will notice a few changes to areas of the building for the start of the academic year.