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Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil
Neil Adams, PhD researcher in the Centre for Palaeobiology Research at the University of Leicester and Earth Collections Project Officer at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, said: “It was very exciting to come across a hippo tooth during our recent excavations...
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Archive of past events and conferences
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/news/past-events
Browse our archive of past events and conferences in the Centre for English Local History at Leicester, with records spanning back to 2008.
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Inspiration, identity, learning: the value of museums
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/inspiration-identity-learning-1
This research gives both a perspective of the national impact of museum education and a view of the extent to which this may be seen as contributing social value.
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Chemotherapy-free treatment gives hope to adult leukaemia patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-chemotherapy-free-leukaemia-treatment
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) may be offered a chemotherapy-free treatment in future, following promising results from a global study involving researchers in the Hope Clinical Trials Facility at Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester.
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New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered
A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon populations from extinction
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Dramatic improvement in quality of life for John thanks to diabetes research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/diabetes
University of Leicester diabetes research helps patient John with his quality of life.
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COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/covid19-ethnicity
According to researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity
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Leicester professor leads major European diabetes research study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-professor-leads-major-european-diabetes-research-study
A Leicester professor says there are around 58 million people currently living with diabetes across Europe and 36 million more who are at risk of developing the condition.
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Music Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/alumni-music
Our Alumni Music Scholarship is an award of £500 for undergraduate or postgraduate students who play any instrument or sing.
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Angus Cameron
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/awgc1/
Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of School. He blogs at xenotopia.wordpress.com and tweets as @Tausendkunstler.