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Heightened COVID-19 risk for BAME healthcare workers to be examined in major UK study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/covid-bame-risk-study
More than £2m of Government funding has been awarded to academics at the University of Leicester to investigate why people from BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) backgrounds have a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, after higher proportions of associated...
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Asthma in children could be diagnosed by smell
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/asthma-in-children-could-be-diagnosed-by-smell
The Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association (MAARA) - an East Midlands based charity which funds research into the causes and treatment of asthma and allergy - has approved grants totalling £230,000 over the next five years for a number of projects in the East...
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Local school pupil presents at national event with help from Leicester engineers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/local-school-pupil-presents-at-national-event-with-help-from-leicester-engineers
A young learner from Leicestershire has had her work showcased at a national science event thanks to the support from engineers at the University.
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Ceremony late show sees Gloria make University of Leicester history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/gloria-mawete
Geography student makes University of Leicester graduation history
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The secret peacemaker: A quiet leader of our time
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/05/24/the-secret-peacemaker-a-quiet-leader-of-our-time/
Posted by mstein in School of Business Blog on May 24, 2017 Professor Mark Stein of the School of Business mourns the key intermediary between the British government and the IRA with Leicester connections, who has died aged 80.
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Leicester – A Champions League City
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/05/13/leicester-a-champions-league-city/
Posted by Martin Quinn in School of Business Blog on May 13, 2016 Martin Quinn discusses the urban policies and strategies which have made the city of Leicester so successful in recent years.
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New Leicester research demonstrates the migrant work ethic exists in the short term
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/new-leicester-research-demonstrates-the-2018migrant-work-ethic2019-exists-in-the-short-term
The received wisdom that migrant workers have a stronger ‘work ethic’ than UK-born workers is proven for the first time, in a new study of Central and East European migrants, from our School of Business.
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Leicester up for two out of three awards in VisitEnglands Awards for Excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-up-for-two-out-of-three-awards-in-visitengland2019s-awards-for-excellence
VisitEngland, the national tourist board has announced the finalists for the Awards for Excellence 2016 with the University's Attenborough Arts Centre, The Dandelion Hideaway and King Richard III Partnership - including the University- representing Leicester and...
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180 new medics graduate early to join fight against COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/medics-graduate
Medicine students from the University of Leicester will graduate early today, to join the NHS in the fight against coronavirus.
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Explore some our research by listening to a series of podcasts researched, written and presented by Institute Research Fellow, Dr Sophie Frost.