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Expert in infectious diseases to call for research improvements during epidemics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/expert-in-infectious-diseases-to-call-for-research-improvements-during-epidemics
The research response to epidemics has been slow and our attitude to carrying out research in the midst of infectious disease outbreaks needs to change, an expert in infectious diseases will argue at a lecture on 18 November.
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Easter eggs hot cross buns and the microorganisms that help create them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/easter-eggs-hot-cross-buns-and-the-microorganisms-that-help-create-them
With supermarket shelves filled with chocolate at this time of year, little thought goes into how the humble cocoa bean eventually becomes the popular Easter egg.
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Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl1104
Module code: GL1104 Where do the materials in my mobile phone come from? Should we mine in the Arctic? What are the viable alternatives to fossil fuels? How does the discovery of diamonds change the history of a country? Natural resources are the fundamental basis for the way...
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Climate of the Future, the View from the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl4111
Module code: GL4111 The Earth, its weather and its climate has been on a 4 billion year journey of climate change, which you'll explore during this module.
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Leicester PhD student to discuss science diplomacy at World Science Forum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-phd-student-to-discuss-science-diplomacy-at-world-science-forum
As part of her RCUK policy fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Emmeline Ledgerwood (pictured), a postgraduate research student at the School of History, Politics and International Relations, is representing POST at the World Science...
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Fahad Sadah
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/fahad-sadah
The University has learned with sadness of the death of one of our undergraduate students, Fahad Sadah. Fahad joined the University family in 2017, studying on the MComp in Computer Science.
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How alien auroras reveal planetary information
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/how-alien-auroras-reveal-planetary-information
Beyond their spectacular light shows, auroras can tell us a huge amount of information about a planet.
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University to offer scholarship opportunities in Museum Studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-to-offer-scholarship-opportunities-in-museum-studies
A chance to forge a career in the museum and heritage sector is being offered by our University through a scholarship programme. Following the success of last year’s schemes, the University’s School of Museum Studies is offering six scholarships of £3,000 each.
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Finance MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/finance-msc/2026
This is for you if... you want to learn the mechanics of financial markets, understand the financial decisions of corporations and the nature of financial risk.
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MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize
See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.