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University of Leicester creates five-week Black History Month celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/bhm-round-up
The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
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Chronic kidney disease associated with atypically low levels of physical activity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/10-kidney-research
A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University – has highlighted chronic levels of physical...
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Preserving the grave
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/preserving-the-grave
One problem faced by the team was, how best to preserve the grave for posterity. Under normal circumstances, the best protection is to carefully cover the archaeology with a protective membrane and rebury it.
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New £10.4 million research centre will unlock new tests, treatments and cures for people living with rare kidney diseases
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lifearc
Thousands of people living with rare kidney disease will have access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to the creation of a new research centre, involving experts from the University of Leicester
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Multiple long-term conditions affect more than 14 per cent of English population, research finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/multiple-conditions
Imperial College London and University of Leicester researchers have been involved in the largest ever study on multiple long-term conditions which has found that nearly 15 per cent of people in England are currently living with two or more health disorders.
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University of Leicester contributes essentials and equipment to NHS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/30-equipment-for-nhs
As part of its drive to support the NHS during coronavirus pandemic, the University of Leicester has donated thousands of essential items for hospital staff, such as masks, disposable aprons, handwash, sanitiser and gloves, and lent medical equipment worth £100,000 to...
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Sole2Soul: Narrate, Curate, Rejuvenate
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/sole2soul
Sole2Soul promotes meaningful intergenerational exchange between “silver champions” (project participants aged over 55) and teenagers about artefacts from the Boot and Shoe exhibit at Harborough Museum.
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Blog 1: Advertising files: Guest post by Jenni Hunt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/03/09/guest-post-by-jenni-hunt-advertising-files/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on March 9, 2021 The University Archives The University Archives at the University of Leicester are, perhaps unsurprisingly, boxes and boxes of files relating to the history of the University of Leicester.
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Conference Report: Forced Labour, Confinement and Represssion: European, Imperial and Post-Colonial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/02/09/conference-report-forced-labour-confinement-and-represssion-european-imperial-and-post-colonial-perspectives/
Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on February 9, 2017 Two weeks ago, a joint workshop on ‘Forced labour, confinement and repression: European, Imperial and Post-Colonial Perspectives’ was hosted by The Carceral Archipelago project and The Stanley Burton...