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• What is saffron

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.

• Join Jane Austen and zombie experts for pre-Halloween screening and panel

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/11-pp-and-zombies

  Experts on 19th century literature and the undead will come together for a pre-Halloween event at the University of Leicester on 29 October when the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies presents a free screening of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, followed by a discussion...

• Optimising care for women, parents and families experiencing mid trimester baby loss

  https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/mid-trimester-baby-loss

  This programme of work aims to optimise care for parents experiencing mid-trimester loss by reducing variation in policy and practice across the UK.

• Collaboration and contract research

  https://le.ac.uk/dbs/research/contract

  The Division of Biomedical Sciences can provide contract research services for academic and commercial partners and can offer a full range of collaboration and consultation for pilot studies and animal model development.

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/meningitis/streptococcus-pneumoniae

  Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial cause of meningitis, a community acquired infection.

• SVOM

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/svom

  The University of Leicester is involved in the SVOM Mission - the Space based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor.

• Star Wars: A Cultural History

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ha3488

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• New online resource for local historians

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/new-online-resource-for-local-historians

  A new website makes available all the PhD theses completed by students at the Centre for English Local History. The collection comprises 100 theses covering subjects from medieval moats to hunting in Northamptonshire.

• Research to explore socioeconomic rights and global justice movements

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-to-explore-socioeconomic-rights-and-global-justice-movements

  Joe Wills (pictured) from our School of Law is to publish a new book investigating socioeconomic rights and global justice movements on Thursday 30 March.

• Innovative clinical trials research programme showcased to public

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/innovative-clinical-trials-research-programme-showcased-to-public

  The University and Leicester’s Hospitals will showcase their innovative clinical research programme to the public between Monday 15 May and Friday 19 May.