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Senate regulation 13: Emergency regulation
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-13
Downloadable version of Senate Regulation 13 (PDF, 437KB) Introduction 13.1 This Regulation explains the measures the University can take when its academic activities suffer significant disruption due to serious and unexpected events outside of its control. 13.
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£2m study - ethnicity and COVID-19 in healthcare workers
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/covid-uk-reach
UK-REACH will investigate data held by national healthcare organisations to understand what the risk of having, and dying from, COVID-19 is for ethnic minority healthcare works.
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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/epilepsy-earlier-deaths-intellectual-disabilities
|A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Around 1.
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Universitys travel plan praised as an exemplar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/universitys-travel-plan-praised-as-an-exemplar
The University of Leicester’s travel plan has now been published and has received high praise from the city council. The project led by Dr Sandra Lee from our Environment Team was described as being of ’a very high standard’ and ‘exemplary.
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First photo from Junos Jupiter orbit released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/first-photo-from-junos-jupiter-orbit-released
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent its first in-orbit view. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit around the largest planetary inhabitant of our solar system. The new view was obtained on 10 July at 6.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/history/research
History at the University of Leicester has a longstanding reputation for excellence in historical research. Our academics have a broad range of research expertise covering a wide chronological and geographical range. Find out more.
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Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/responsible-consumption-production
The twelfth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
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Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts
A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/wellcome-trust-dtp/people
Programme leadership team Martin Tobin Programme Director and Theme 2 Lead As the first person in my family to go to university, I found Leicester Medical School to be a diverse, welcoming and caring environment.