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• New advance announced in fight against Alzheimers and Parkinsons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-advance-announced-in-fight-against-alzheimers-and-parkinsons

  A five-year study by an international team led by Leicester has found a way of ‘reversing’ symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases such as  Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – using fruit flies as test subjects.

• River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/river-plastic

  Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows.

• Announcing 2026 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2026/01/26/announcing-2026-summer-internships-for-leicester-undergraduates/

  Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 January 2026 Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE2026) scheme for Leicester undergraduates.

• Thank You For The Music: Student scholars celebrate community support

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/music-scholars-legacy-guild

  Two of Leicester’s musical stars showed their appreciation for the support of the University’s philanthropic ‘family’ at an event in the city’s Botanic Garden last week.

• University Book Group

  https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/book-group

  Find out more about the University's much-loved Book Group, led by Dr Emma Parker

• Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors experience continuous symptoms, global research finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/long-covid

  More than 40 per cent of COVID-19 survivors experience symptoms of the virus four months after first being infected.

• Raptorman is conservation hero

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/international-accolade-for-graduate-whose-mission-is-to-save-vultures

  A Leicester graduate has been honoured by HRH Princess Royal for his conservation work to save vultures. Dr Munir Virani gained a Master’s degree in 1994 and a PhD in 2000, then under the supervision of Professor Emeritus David Harper.

• Systematic Review Search Strategies

  https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/systematic-reviews/search-strategies

  Systematic review search strategies are often more complex than search strategies you may have used in the past. They can run to hundreds of lines long, depending on the research topic, as you will need to take into account all the synonyms and variant spellings for your topic.

• News archive 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2020

  Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2020.

• Completed projects

  https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/older-projects

  Explore the completed research projects being carried out by the TIMMS group at the University of Leicester.