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School of Business talk to ask whether statistics matter in a world of fake news
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/school-of-business-talk-to-ask-whether-statistics-matter-in-a-world-of-2018fake-news2019
For an upcoming lecture, National Statistician John Pullinger will discuss how statistical communication between those creating and using statistics can be improved.
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Residents of Space Park Leicester recognised at the Leicestershire Innovation Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/leicester-innovation-awards
Innovation, research and collaboration partners of the University of Leicester recognised at the Leicestershire Innovation Awards.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti ranked as one of UKs most influential GPs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/professor-kamlesh-khunti-ranked-as-one-of-uks-most-influential-gps
Professor Kamlesh Khunti (pictured), professor of primary care diabetes and vascular medicine, has been ranked as one of the most influential GPs in the UK by Pulse's Power 50 list.
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Leicester economist in discussion with Nobel Prize winner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-economists-in-discussion-with-nobel-prize-winner
A Nobel Prize winner and University of Leicester Professor have been featured in a new report on rationality and decision making.
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Academic year: 2018-2019
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/18-19
Browse the events taking place as part of English Local History's 2018-19 seminar series.
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Leicester plays part in modernisation of Saudi education system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-plays-part-in-modernisation-of-saudi-education-system
The University of Leicester’s English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) recently welcomed a group of 26 teachers from Saudi Arabia on a year long teacher training programme.
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Space Park Leicester - have your say
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/space-park-leicester-have-your-say
The public is being invited to help shape the future of space development in Leicester. A consultation session is being held on Thursday 7 June, between 3pm and 7:30pm, for Space Park Leicester - a science park focused on the space and space-enabled industries.
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Dennis Smith
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/dennis-smith
We have learned with sadness of the recent death of Professor Dennis Smith, who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1970s. Professor Smith passed away in February 2024.
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Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk
A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.
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Migrant money able to reduce poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/migrant-money-able-to-reduce-poverty-and-inequality-in-sub-saharan-africa
A new study, published in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, has shown that poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa can be reduced by international remittances.