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Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms
Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.
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Leicester scientists investigate link between air pollution and type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-scientists-investigate-link-between-air-pollution-and-type-2-diabetes
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from our University and other institutions has played a pivotal role in research investigating a possible link between air pollution and the rise in type 2 diabetes.
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Ancient history competitions to inspire school children to learn about Greek and Roman pasts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/ancient-history-competitions-to-inspire-school-children-to-learn-about-greek-and-roman-pasts
A series of competitions organised by our University will inspire young people across the UK to learn about the ancient world in creative ways.
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Informatics student wins prestigious business start-up partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/informatics-student-wins-prestigious-business-start-up-partnership
A new technology developed by a Leicester student that will allow commuters to talk to transport services through social media has received support from a highly competitive start-up programme.
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How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome
Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...
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Leicester spearheads event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgrounds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-spearheads-event-to-encourage-more-medical-students-from-non-traditional-backgrounds
The Universities of Leicester and Nottingham are spearheading efforts to boost recruitment into the study of medicine by focusing on locations where young people have traditionally not applied for the subject.
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Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research
World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote efforts to eliminate the disease.
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Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight
Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.
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Lecture series launched in memory of eminent microbiologist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/lecture-series-launched-in-memory-of-eminent-microbiologist
A pioneering cellular microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute in Paris will deliver the inaugural lecture of the University of Leicester’s Dorothy Jones Lecture Series on Friday 17 March 2017 from 12 noon.
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Local students begin to take their LEAP into University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/local-students-begin-to-take-their-leap-into-university
On Wednesday 21 January, the University welcomed 40 local school and college students onto campus to begin to take their LEAP into University at the launch of our new Leicester Enhanced Access Programme (LEAP).