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Data Science MSc, PGDip
https://le.ac.uk/courses/data-science-msc/2026
In this conversion course you will learn how to interrogate existing data sets to solve problems and communicate your solutions with maximum visual impact to a range of audiences.
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Attenborough Art Centre’s Marketing Team has been shortlisted for Team of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/attenborough-arts-museum-heritage-awards
Attenborough Arts Centre’s Marketing Team has been shortlisted for Team of the Year at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2026 after a standout year of innovation.
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Researchers solve space riddle of planetary rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/researchers-solve-space-riddle-of-planetary-rings
An international team of scientists, including Professor Nikolai Brilliantov from the Department of Mathematics, has solved an age-old scientific riddle by discovering that planetary rings, such as those orbiting Saturn, have a universally similar particle distribution.
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Leicester donates 19 medical microscopes to Ugandan hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-donates-nineteen-microscopes-to-ugandan-hospitals
Professor Nick London, Head of the Department of Medical and Social Care Education, has authorised the donation of 19, Leitz, light microscopes to Ugandan hospitals.
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Leicester study to improve crop plants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants
Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.
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Leicester spinout technology hailed as most commercially viable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/leicester-spin-out-technology-hailed-as-2018most-commercially-viable2019
A technology developed at the University, and the prime focus of Leicester spin-out company MIP Diagnostics, has been recognised as ‘most commercially viable’ at Europe’s flagship Drug Discovery event.
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2 million support for new Complex Reviews Support Unit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/ps2-million-support-for-new-complex-reviews-support-unit
A consortium of researchers from around the UK, including the University of Leicester, has been awarded £2million to provide support in areas of research that require complex methodological approaches to evidence-based medicine.
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Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras
Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais region to Britain.
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Useful links
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links
Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.
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Consulting and training
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/services-for-business/consulting-and-training
If you need advice on new technologies or methods, or want to benefit from cutting-edge research, find out how the Department of Informatics at the University of Leicester can help you.