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• Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime

  A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.

• Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome

  A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.

• Geographer to receive national award for promoting diversity in teaching

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/geographer-to-receive-national-award-for-promoting-diversity-in-teaching

  The efforts of Dr Margaret Byron (pictured) from the Department of Geography to bring the subjects of race and diversity into geography education have been recognised by a prestigious professional body.

• Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts

  Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.

• Research grant for study into nuclear weapons and cyber warfare

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/research-grant-for-study-into-nuclear-weapons-and-cyber-warfare

  Research will look into whether today’s nuclear weapons are safe from computer hacking, taking pace at The University of Leicester.

• PhD guidance

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/study/research-degrees/phd-guidance

  The School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester welcomes initial inquiries regarding possible study for a PhD. Read our PhD Research Proposal Guidance Notes for more information.

• What is a professional doctorate?

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/what-they-are/prof-doctorate

  Professional doctorates are equivalent to a PhD but have a focus on a specific professional context, such as social science, medicine or psychology.

• Careers

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/careers

  Career coaching As part of the PhD, students have exclusive access to a career coaching programme, developed with external collaborators and run in conjunction with the Wellcome Trust DTP at the University of Nottingham.

• Karis Wainaina

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/karis-wainaina

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• World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture

  Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at the University of Leicester on Monday 3 June 2019.