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University of Leicester celebrates a century of science with chemistry and physics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/celebrate-century-science-chemistry-physics
School of Physics and Astronomy and School of Chemistry mark 100-year anniversary in 2025, with Centenary celebrations on 17 May seeing alumni return to campus and share memories
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Careers
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/study/undergraduate/careers
Employers are attracted to students graduating with an American Studies degree because of the rigorous training in handling a range of information and in making creative links between distinct areas of thought.
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Challenges faced by aspiring female headteachers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/challenges-faced-by-aspiring-female-headteachers
The University of Leicester’s Doctoral Inaugural lectures series continues on Wednesday 23 May, when two new speakers from the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities will share their research into the topics of education, and social relations.
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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...
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Protein Expression Laboratory (PROTEX)
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/facilities-and-technologies/protex
service for cloning of protein expression
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Sand clouds, water vapour and sulphur dioxide detected on nearby exoplanet using world-leading space telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/jwst-sand-clouds
New study that has discovered ‘sand clouds’ on a planet orbiting a nearby star using James Webb Space Telescope involves University of Leicester space scientist, using the MIRI instrument that University engineers and scientists helped design and develop.
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Research aims to improve reading for older people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-university-of-leicester-research-aims-to-improve-reading-for-older-people
A University of Leicester project examining how the effects of ageing impact on our ability to read has received £200K funding
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Help and support
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/mitigating-circumstances/help-support
Student Support Services This is a fully integrated support service for University of Leicester students. The service includes: AccessAbility Centre - supporting students with dyslexia, and other specific learning difficulties, disabilities and long term conditions.
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Researcher scoops early career award to tackle female-specific susceptibility to diseases
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/springboard
A University of Leicester academic is among a group of ‘exceptional’ biomedical and health researchers awarded a total of £6.6 million
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Researchers launch hunt to find the most accurate physical activity tracker
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/researchers-launch-hunt-to-find-the-most-accurate-physical-activity-tracker
Researchers from the Diabetes Research Centre have launched a hunt to find the most accurate physical activity tracker. Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin, Polar Loop and some cheaper devices are all going head-to-head in the study.