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How hungry bacteria sense nutrients in their environment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/how-hungry-bacteria-sense-nutrients-in-their-environment
Researchers have shed new light on how bacteria sense nutrients in their environment - which could provide important knowledge in the development of drugs and antibiotics to combat a range of diseases including tuberculosis.
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Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells
A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/people
Find out ways to contact members of staff based in History and Politics and International Relations. See contact details for Academic staff, professional services staff and Honorary Visiting staff, amongst others.
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Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/nottinghamshire/gunthorpe
Listen to speakers from Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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Islam: Religion or Politics?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/25/islam-religion-or-politics/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 25, 2014 Lately, I have been reading the work of Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling, UK), a leading scholar of religion, particularly his thought-provoking book Discourse on Civility...
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Merry Christmas – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/12/16/merry-christmas/
Evelyn Waugh at Christmas
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Mr Bevan’s Dream
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/05/02/mr-bevans-dream/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 2, 2014 The funeral of Sue Townsend began today with a public celebration of her life at De Montfort Hall.
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Undergraduate simulation
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/facilities/simulation-centre/undergraduate
Learn more about the undergraduate simulations offered by Leicester Medical School via our Simulation Centre.
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The economy will suffer Demetriades on Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-economy-will-suffer-demetriades-on-brexit
Given that a poll published in May showed than 88% of economists feared a long term fall in GDP if the UK left the single market, it's difficult to find anyone in the field of economics who believes that Britain leaving the EU will have an economic benefit.
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New report demonstrates impact of programme preparing refugees for academic life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/report-impact-programme-preparing-refugees-academic-life
The RefugEAP Programme supports refugee-background students aspiring to university in developing their English for academic settings using a trauma-informed approach, run as a unique joint collaboration between the University of Leicester and the University of Leeds