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• Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling

  Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore multiply the size of their gains and losses.

• Year abroad

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/undergraduate/year-abroad

  As an undergraduate student at the School of Business at the University of Leicester, you have the exciting opportunity to extend your studies by spending your third year studying abroad before returning to Leicester for your final year.

• Scientists explore the latest developments in brain research with a free event as part of Brain Awareness Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/scientists-explore-the-latest-developments-in-brain-research-with-a-free-event-as-part-of-brain-awareness-day

  Our University is to host a free event which coincides with a global initiative aimed at raising awareness of neurological research. Academics will mark Brain Awareness Week 2016 for a fifth year with a programme of events on Wednesday 16 March.

• Law and Political Theory

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3430

  Module code: LW3430 How does the law relate to power? How does it interact with other institutions in society? Does it serve the interests of all equally, or does it favour particular groups? Do certain forms of ideology inform the law’s operation? What are the philosophical...

• Preterm birth linked with lower mathematics abilities and less wealth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/preterm-birth-linked-with-lower-math-abilities-and-less-wealth

  People who are born premature tend to accumulate less wealth as adults, and a new study suggests that this may be due to lower mathematics abilities.

• Leicestershire’s universities invite residents to apply for community-focused research projects

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/leicestershire-universities-residents-skills-experiences-community-focused-research-projects

  Innovative local thinkers are being invited to apply for paid, full-time research projects tackling key issues like fuel poverty, retrofitting homes, health inequalities and flooding.

• Ground-breaking discovery could pave the way for new therapies to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cholesterol-cells-stroke-cardiovascular

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells

• Maintaining and preserving changing churches

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/maintaining-and-preserving-changing-churches

  As Christmas Day draws nearer and churches across the country welcome worshipers to their Advent services, a timely University of Leicester conference this week explored how to maintain those churches for years to come.

• Chemical in red grapes may help prevent bowel cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/chemical-in-red-grapes-may-help-prevent-bowel-cancer

  Resveratrol, a chemical found in red grapes, is more effective in smaller doses at preventing bowel cancer in mice than high doses, according to new research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

• Academic dances the night away in new film starring Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/academic-dances-the-night-away-in-new-film-starring-kate-winslet-and-alan-rickman

  Dr Heidi Ashton from the School of Management is starring in a new blockbuster film, A Little Chaos, released in UK cinemas on Friday 17 April.