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• PhD researchers tackle social isolation and loneliness in the city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-wiscp-awareness-week

  Earlier this year, our Doctoral College was approached by the West Indian Senior Citizens Project (WISCP), asking if some of our doctoral and early career researchers would present their findings as part of the WISCP Awareness and Wellbeing Week.

• Supersonic half-term break in the Department of Engineering for London pupil

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/supersonic-half-term-break-at-the-department-of-engineering-for-london-pupil

  An A-Level student from Surrey spent his autumn half-term break at our University for a rewarding week of work experience in the Gas Dynamics Laboratory.

• Patients surprise diagnosis leads to clinical trial

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/patient2019s-surprise-diagnosis-leads-to-clinical-trial

  “Without question, I would have done it all again” - that is the verdict of Alan Hutchinson when discussing his recent experience on a clinical trial.

• Leicester among top five most affordable university cities in Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-among-top-five-most-affordable-universities-in-britain

  The University of Leicester has been identified as one of the most affordable places to be a student - ranking in the top five in the country. Leicester and Lincoln are identified as the top places in the Midlands – Leicester is ranked fifth in the new table from Marbles.com.

• University partners in new world-class skills centre for automotive sector

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-partners-in-new-world-class-skills-centre-for-automotive-sector

  Our University is partnering with HORIBA MIRA and other Midlands-based education institutions to build the MIRA Technology Institute – a new world-class skills centre for the automotive sector to be based at MIRA Technology Park.

• Generous gift will help fight vascular disease and prevent limb amputations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/ps5-15-million-gift-to-university-of-leicester-and-leicester2019s-hospitals-will-help-fight-vascular-disease-and-prevent-limb-amputations

  Our University and Leicester’s Hospitals have received a generous gift of £5.15 million by fashion retailer George Davies – the largest from an individual in the University’s history - to give hope to patients who face losing a leg because of poor circulation.

• Widening Participation programme puts aspiring law students in the dock

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/widening-participation-programme-puts-aspiring-law-students-in-the-dock

  Aspiring law students from non-privileged backgrounds were given the opportunity to view the inner workings of the legal system last week, thanks to a programme run by the University of Leicester and the Sutton Trust.

• Leicester to lead new project on Ancient Egyptian bird mummies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/raptors

  The University of Leicester will lead a study uncovering secrets of Ancient Egyptian bird mummies.

• Space Park Leicester to appear at US Commercial Space Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/space-park-leicester-commercial-space-week

  William Wells joins the UK government’s delegation at the event which will attract more than 5,000 attendees from over 30 countries

• NHS staff retention to be investigated in new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/nhs-retention

  At a time when staffing the NHS effectively has never been more important, a team of researchers is seeking to understand which ethnic groups are at greatest risk of leaving the NHS in 2024, with the aim of improving retention.