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Leicester ramps up its wellbeing support for Gen Z students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/leicester-wellbeing-support-gen-z-students
With almost a quarter of those in the Generation Z age group affected by mental health issues, The University of Leicester has ramped up the wellbeing support it offers its students.
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Ukrainian students find sanctuary at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/ukraine-students
Four Ukrainian students have travelled one-and-a-half thousand miles to find sanctuary – and continue their studies – at the University of Leicester.
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University of Leicester announces two new knowledge transfer projects
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/ktp
The University of Leicester has collaborated with two local companies in partnerships designed to foster innovation and drive business growth.
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University of Leicester kicks off Centenary celebrations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/centenary-launch
The University of Leicester kicked off the celebrations marking its Centenary year today (Wednesday).
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Museums and social justice – and why I bang on about it quite a lot.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2018/04/12/museums-and-social-justice-and-why-i-bang-on-about-it-quite-a-lot/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 12, 2018 This week marked the 73 rd anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. Between 1937 and 1945, 280,000 people were imprisoned there.
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Videogames
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/videogames/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Recently a British teenager won almost a million in championships of the computer game Fortnite.
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Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd
A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Will the government’s AI action plan be a success?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/artificial-intelligence
University of Leicester expert comments on the UK government's action plan to boost its role in developing and deploying artificial intelligence.
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Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet
A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.
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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.