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University launches Centre for Medicine Appeal video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/university-launches-centre-for-medicine-appeal-video
The University is investing £32 million of scarce capital resources in a brand new, state-of-the-art Centre for Medicine building, and is seeking to raise an additional £10 million through an ambitious fundraising campaign to complete the build.
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Art and science seen in a new light at evening lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/art-and-science-seen-in-a-new-light-at-evening-lecture
A former artist in residence is returning to the campus this week to present a talk ‘The Library of Light’ as part of a lecture series celebrating the International Year of Light 2015.
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Hundreds of Clearing offers made by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/2018hundreds2019-of-clearing-offers-made-by-university-of-leicester
The University of Leicester has already made hundreds of offers through Clearing since phone lines opened this morning. A total of 90 call handlers are taking calls. As of 12.
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Leicester Conference venue receives new accolade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-conference-venue-receives-new-accolade
Our conference and training venue College Court has taken pride of place in a prestigious local awards dinner.
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Chilcot How the Iraq war has led to a rise in extremism and fatally undermined the European Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/chilcot-how-the-iraq-war-has-led-to-a-rise-in-extremism-and-2018fatally-undermined2019-the-european-union
The Iraq war still scars us today, leading to a rise in extremism and ‘fatally undermining’ the European Union, according to Dr Robert Dover (pictured) from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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Research uses Sir David Attenboroughs DNA to determine link between Y chromosome and surname
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-uses-sir-david-attenborough2019s-dna-to-determine-link-between-y-chromosome-and-surname
A study carried out by Dr Turi King from the Department of Genetics used the DNA of Sir David Attenborough as part of a larger study to see if there was a link between the Y chromosome and surname, both of which are passed down the male line.
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How alien auroras reveal planetary information
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/how-alien-auroras-reveal-planetary-information
Beyond their spectacular light shows, auroras can tell us a huge amount of information about a planet.
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Cyber threat to Trident warning from Leicester expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/cyber-threat-to-trident-warning-from-leicester-expert
A Leicester expert on nuclear proliferation has briefed a group of senior politicians in Parliament on the cyber threat to Trident.
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Economist featured in Financial Times front page story
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/economist-featured-in-financial-times-front-page-story
Professor Panicos Demetriades (pictured) from the Department of Economics has been featured in the front page article of the Financial Times entitled 'Economists say remaining in EU is vital for UK's future prosperity', published on Monday 4 January.
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Leicester to award prestigious scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-to-award-prestigious-scholarships
Our University has been awarded five new scholarships to allow students to pursue a Master’s course wherever they are in the world.