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Winter Wonderland
https://le.ac.uk/winter-wonderland
Winter Wonderland festivities for our students and staff to celebrate the season
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Device and software development
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/projects/device-development
We support the development of devices that assist in rapid and reliable diagnosis of diseases and conditions. A number of early stage projects have received pump prime funding (see below) to develop new devices.
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University of Leicester professor elected President of the UK's leading cardiothoracic anaesthesia association
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/cardiothoracic-anaesthesia-association-leicester
The University of Leicester is proud to announce that Professor Aamer Ahmed, has been elected President of the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care (ACTACC) UK
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Trees in tropical logged forests release carbon at greater rate despite faster growth, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/carbon-trees
University of Leicester-led research focusing on the carbon dioxide produced by tree stems shows that individual trees in tropical forests impacted by logging produce more carbon dioxide per m2 of woody stem area than those in unaffected forests
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Observatory that will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe will carry instrumentation co-developed by our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/james-webb-space-telescope-one-step-closer-to-launch-with-move-to-california
An observatory that will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy, is one step closer to launch.
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Work experience at Leicester inspires aspiring scientist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/work-experience-at-leicester-inspires-aspiring-scientist
Leicester teenager Chelsea Herbert first discovered her love for scientific research thanks to the University of Leicester which gave her the opportunity to taste science at the cutting edge.
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Student nurses scoop prestigious awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/nursing-times-awards-leicester
Student Nurses Daud Malida and Lily Scott, from the University of Leicester, have won Student Nursing Times Awards
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Short PhD Visits
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/visiting
If you are a PhD student at another university you can apply to study for a period of up to 1 year at Leicester to undertake research which supports your PhD.
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Dr Roger James
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/roger-james
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Dr Roger James, a former Reader in Immunology in the Department of Respiratory Sciences (previously Infection, Immunity and Inflammation). Roger was born on 8 September 1949.
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Researchers make spectacular discovery of how learning takes place and memories are formed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/researchers-make-spectacular-discovery-of-how-learning-takes-place-and-memories-are-formed
Brain scientists in the UK and US have collaborated to make ‘a spectacular discovery’ - for the first time in human studies - of how memories are formed and new learning takes place.