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Recognition for Ophthalmology researcher at worlds biggest vision conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/recognition-for-ophthalmology-researcher-at-world2019s-biggest-vision-conference
A researcher at the University has been recognised at the world’s biggest vision conference.
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What is oral history?
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/oral-history/what-is
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Find out how Oral History is defined and how it is useful for capturing stories, as a source of evidence and for investigating what people did and thought.
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Spooky flower will bloom in time for Hallowe’en
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/botanic-garden
The spookily-named Corpse Flower is about to bloom in the University’s Botanic Garden – just in time for Hallowe’en.
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Year abroad
https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/study/undergraduate/year-abroad
The University of Leicester's Year Abroad programme is central to what makes our Modern Languages graduates stand out. Find out how you can Spend a year studying at up to two of our partner universities within the EU or further afield in Quebec or Latin America.
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New community archaeology project in Market Bosworth receives Lottery funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/new-community-archaeology-project-in-market-bosworth-receives-lottery-funding
Bosworth Links - a new community archaeology project that provides residents the opportunity to carry out excavations in order to learn more about their town’s history has received a grant of £29,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Study shows regularly standing up helps prevent Type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-shows-standing-up-helps-prevent-type-2-diabetes
Women who have an inactive daily routine and are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the condition by regularly standing up or walking for five minutes at a time, a new study has found.
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Insights into visual supersense provided by new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities
An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light.
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National Student Survey reveals rise for Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/national-student-survey-reveals-rise-for-leicester
Efforts made by the University of Leicester to enhance the student experience in response to student feedback has led to its overall student satisfaction rising to 88%, the results of the latest National Student Survey reveal today.
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Pokmon Go helps highlight Leicesters inventive approach to communications
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/pokemon-go-helps-to-highlight-leicesters-inventive-approach-to-communications
The Pokémon Go craze has helped millions of people around the world to ease the Type 2 diabetes burden by walking and catching digital monsters. Now, the viral app has helped our University snag an accolade for its 'inventive' approach to communications.
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New observations reveal Jupiters Great Red Spot as mysterious energy source
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-observations-reveal-jupiter2019s-great-red-spot-as-mysterious-energy-source
Researchers from the University of Leicester and Boston University’s (BU) Center for Space Physics report today in Nature that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may provide the mysterious source of energy required to heat the planet’s upper atmosphere to the unusually high values...