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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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Vindolanda Week 3 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2020/11/25/there-and-back-again-vindolanda-week-3/
The Arch-I-Scan team finishes up their third week of pottery scanning at the Roman fort and museum at Vindolanda.
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Leicester professor leads major European diabetes research study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-professor-leads-major-european-diabetes-research-study
A Leicester professor says there are around 58 million people currently living with diabetes across Europe and 36 million more who are at risk of developing the condition.
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Student experience highlighted in latest Daily Mail university rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/student-experience-daily-mail-university-rankings
University of Leicester ranks 34th in the Daily Mail University Guide 2026 - top 10 for student experience, with Medicine, Maths, and Engineering in the top five.
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Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections
Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.
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Difficult Conversations
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations
University of Leicester marks its centenary with a series of thought-provoking and informative talks by academics and guest speakers.
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Leicester fosters future biomedical research talent
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-fosters-future-biomedical-research-talent
The University is making a substantial investment into a critical mass of future biomedical research talent by announcing 27 new PhD studentships that will tackle some of the world’s most pressing and bioscience health issues.
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Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Team helps on farm, adopts sheep
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/11-edi-sheep
For their team away day this week, the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team volunteered at Gorse Hill City Farm.
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International Womens Day universities must work together to tackle inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/international-women2019s-day-universities-must-work-together-to-tackle-inequality
This week we are celebrating International Women’s Day 2017, with universities across the world hosting events.
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Cost of Attendance
https://le.ac.uk/policies/fees-funding/us-loans/cost-of-attendance
The Cost of Attendance (COA) is the maximum amount of money a student can borrow in order to pay their tuition fees, living expenses and other costs associated with their course for an academic year.