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Researcher explores the special skills required to be a medieval baker
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-great-medieval-bake-off
With The Great British Bake Off back on our screens and a University graduate taking part, many around campus are talking about the much-loved programme, which is now in its seventh season.
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Seven year itch Henry VIIIs secret love
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/seven-year-itch-henry-viiis-secret-love
The Tudor monarch King Henry VIII is perhaps best known for his prodigious appetite for marriage, famously taking six wives during his lifetime – and now former University lecturer David Baldwin has published a book suggesting that he was close to...
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Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition
A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.
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University backs the standard of childrens cardiac surgery at local hospital
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/university-backs-the-standard-of-children2019s-cardiac-surgery-at-local-hospital
The Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, and the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester have issued a joint statement in support of the local authorities and clinicians working together to keep surgery for children...
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Interactions, media and news
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/phage-research/media
Learn more about news, interactions and media in the Centre for Phage Research at Leicester.
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Best-selling writer heading to Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/hollie-mcnish
After a run of sold out shows up and down the UK, Hollie McNish will be at Attenborough Arts Centre to talk about her brand-new book, Lobster and other things I'm learning to love
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Honour for Cancer Professor at Leicester and Leicesters Hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/honour-for-cancer-professor-at-leicester-and-leicesters-hospitals
A Professor at our University and consultant at Leicester’s Hospitals has been honoured ‘for his lifelong work on earlier diagnosis and improved outcomes for lung cancer patients.
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Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership
According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.
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Winners of postgraduate presentation competition announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/winners-of-postgraduate-presentation-competition-announced
The two winners of a competition that challenged postgraduate students to present their research in just three minutes have been announced.
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Sculptures come to life in new Night at the Museum exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/sculptures-come-to-life-in-new-night-at-the-museum-exhibition-coming-to-the-university-of-leicester
Our Attenborough Arts Centre is delighted to host the exhibition, Night in the Museum: Ryan Gander Curates the Arts Council Collection.