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Research areas
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/social-science/research-areas
Our world-leading social science research includes work on health, policing, intelligence and security, urban and rural transformation and more.
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New antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategies
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses/new-amr-stategies
Microbes are constantly adapting to their environment, including adapting to survive against current antimicrobial treatment. Strategies include efflux pumps, horizontal gene transfer, bacteriophage and mutation.
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Iraq
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/middle-east/iraq/iraq
We welcome students from Iraq. Find out about entry requirements, the Iraqi student community and other country-specific information.
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Autonomous Region of Kurdistan, Iraq
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/middle-east/iraq/kurdistan
We welcome students from the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan, Iraq. Find out about entry requirements, the Kurdistani student community and other country-specific information.
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Respiratory Genomics Conference 2025
https://le.ac.uk/genetic-epidemiology/respiratory-genomics-conference
Details of the Respiratory Genomics Conference 2023 taking place in Leicester on 14 & 15 November 2023.
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University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space
A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University of Leicester.
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Leicester signs up to the Turing University Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/turing
The University of Leicester’s research in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence has been given a boost by the news it has become one of 29 new members of the Alan Turing Institute’s university network.
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Diabetes researcher listed as a top ethnic minority health leader in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/diabetes-research
A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ has been named as one of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic minority background making a profound difference in the NHS.
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Two University of Leicester projects shortlisted for Museum and Heritage Awards 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/museum-heritage-awards
Two projects from University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies have been shortlisted for the prestigious Museum and Heritage Awards.
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Scientists involved in discovery of origins of ghost particles in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/scientists-involved-in-discovery-of-origins-of-ghost-particles-in-space
Scientists from our University have played a key role in a momentous discovery about the origins of ‘ghostly’ particles from the distant universe that bombard Earth from billions of light years away.