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• Project to explore how survival of British hedgehogs is affected by changing climate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/project-to-explore-how-survival-of-british-hedgehogs-is-affected-by-changing-climate

  Researchers from our University will be exploring how the UK’s changing climate could be affecting the survival of British hedgehogs as part of a new project to protect endangered animal species.

• Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations

  An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.

• Useful contacts

  https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-next-steps/useful-contacts

  See our list of useful contacts across the University for you to get in touch with if you need them.

• Electronic frailty index will identify older people at risk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/30-frailty-index

  A collaborative study involving Professor Simon Conroy from our Department of Health Sciences has been awarded £550,000 from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme to develop the next version of the multi-award winning electronic frailty index (eFI).

• Pro Bono

  https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/pro-bono

  The Leicester Law School pro bono groups are an excellent way to prepare for a career in the legal profession. Find out more about the two strands of pro bono work of which you can be a part when you study with us.

• Festival of Careers

  https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/recruitment-fairs

  The Festival of Careers is more than just a careers fair - it’s an entire week of inspiring workshops, presentations and information sessions at the University of Leicester

• Leicester joins student visa pilot

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-joins-student-visa-pilot

  A pilot which is looking at streamlining the process for international Master's students wanting to study in the UK has been extended to 23 universities including our University, the Immigration Minister announced today.

• Neonatal care recommendations for preterm babies could help save lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/preterm-babies-recommendations-lives-leicester

  A new study led by the University of Leicester has set out a series of recommendations for improving care for babies born preterm and their families.

• George Harrison

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/george-harrison

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of George Anthony Harrison, who lectured in history from the 1960s to the 1990s and remained a familiar figure on campus for many years afterwards. George passed away on 22 January 2025, aged 87.

• TB metabolism

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses/tb-metabolism

  See more about the impact of studying TB metabolism in the Leicester Microbial Sciences and Infectious Diseases Network.