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Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research
World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote efforts to eliminate the disease.
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Hospitals appoint Group Director of Research and Innovation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/nigel-brunskill
Professor Nigel Brunskill has been appointed as Group Director of Research and Innovation at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group.
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Cartooning in South Africa: Jonathan Zapiro on the Post-Apartheid ‘Rainbow Nation’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/cartooning-south-africa-jonathan-zapiro-post-apartheid-rainbow-nation/
Political cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro (South Africa) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer Laura Brick.
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Garth Smithies Taylor (1896-1916)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/14/garth-smithies-taylor-1896-1916/
15 October 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Garth Smithies Taylor, a name which many staff and students at the University will have unwittingly passed on numerous occasions when entering the Fielding Johnson Building.
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Recognising the differing health needs of Leicester’s diverse population
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/14-remedies-and-reasons
Upcoming Health Matters exhibition recognises the differing health needs of Leicester’s diverse population
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Dutch Post-beginners (Level 2)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/dutch/level-2
Dutch course for post-beginners at Leicester University
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Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen
As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of Canadian men who spent time in Leicester exactly 100 years ago.
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History of 19th century building on campus revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/history-of-19th-century-building-on-campus-revealed
New information about the history of 1 Salisbury Road was revealed during a visit by Dr Sula Ellis to the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), which is based in the building.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/research
Our research facility provides a number of specialist services, including: in vivo services, our preclinical imaging facility and our infectious organisms model.
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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.