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• Leicester PhD student one of UKs top conservationists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/leicester-phd-student-in-uks-top-50-conservationists-list

  Tim Mackrill (pictured left), a PhD student in our Department of Genetics and Senior reserve officer of the Rutland Osprey Project, has featured at number 34 in the BBC Wildlife Magazine's top 50 conservation heroes in the UK.

• Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-protein-urine-kidney-disease

  An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found that protein levels in urine are a reliable way to measure the effectiveness of a medicine, device or treatment on the progress of...

• Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/medical-students-benji-waterhouse-leicester

  It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at the University of Leicester did.

• Midlands Innovation announces plans for technology transfer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/midlands-innovation-announces-plans-for-technology-transfer

  Midlands Innovation, a group of eight universities and one of the UK’s most influential academic collaborations, has launched its plan for collaboration in technology transfer. The announcement was made at an event held at The Shard, London.

• Zombie apocalypse would potentially wipe out humanity in just 100 days students calculate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humanity-in-just-100-days-students-calculate

  A real-life zombie outbreak would leave the world’s population in shambles, with less than 300 survivors remaining a mere one hundred days into the apocalypse, according to students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

• Retired hospitals chief is honoured by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/retired-hospitals-chief-honoured-university-leicester

  A former leader of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has been recognised for his services to healthcare by the University of Leicester.

• Female UK legal trailblazer congratulates Leicester law students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/women-in-law

  A trailblazing senior legal figure has sent her congratulations to University of Leicester students for setting up a Women in Law Society.

• Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope

  Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average weight loss of nearly 10kg, according to a new study published in The Lancet today.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research

  Explore our research in Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester. The research work of the Department has contributed to major advances in the treatment of coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, hypertension and stroke.

• Leicester invests in next generation of world-changing research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/100-phd

  The University of Leicester has today (Thursday) announced a multimillion pound investment in the world-changing researchers of tomorrow.