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• Journalism with Creative Writing BA

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/journalism-with-creative-writing-ba/2026

  Learn professional journalism skills and develop your writing skills across multiple forms, from fiction to script-writing, in Leicester’s Journalism with Creative Writing BA.

• Undergraduate courses

  https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/study/undergraduate

  Find out more about undergraduate courses at the University of Leicester Department of Respiratory Sciences (incorporating Infection, Immunity and Inflammation).

• Star Flaws the Skywalker twins drift apart

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/the-skywalker-twins-drift-apart

  In the original Star Wars trilogy, one of the big revelations is that main characters Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are actually twins separated at birth.

• Modern-day insights from how segregationists sold their message on US television

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/how-segregationists-sold-their-message-on-us-television

  The effective use of national television broadcasts by white segregationists during the civil rights movement could provide valuable insights into the persistence of white nationalism in the United States today in a project by a PhD student from the Universities of Leicester...

• University professor joins stars in cancer fight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-professor-joins-stars-in-cancer-fight

  A leading scientist from our University has teamed up with Cancer  Research UK and Channel 4 to launch a celebrity-backed fund-raiser.

• Researchers develop new genetic tool to identify people at risk of coronary heart disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/researchers-develop-new-genetic-tool-to-identify-people-at-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease

  A new genetic risk score that could help to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) much earlier and potentially improve its prevention has been developed by a team including a University of Leicester Professor in research part-funded by the British Heart...

• Cracking the complexities of metal processing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/cracking-the-complexities-of-metal-processing

  The Royal Academy of Engineering has appointed Professor Hongbiao Dong to a five-year Research Chair at our University, with the aim of developing a step change in metal processing.

• Expert to discuss gene-editing research at free public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-to-discuss-gene-editing-research-at-free-public-lecture

  A leading expert will be discussing the latest breakthroughs in gene-editing research during this year’s Frank May Prize lecture on 31 October.

• PhD student receives prestigious research grant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant

  A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.

• Fallen soldier whose family founded local building society remembered by our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/fallen-soldier-whose-family-founded-local-building-society-remembered-by-our-university

  A local soldier who fought during the First World War is being remembered on the centenary of his death by our University on Friday 4 November.