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Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/eye-genetic-study-foveal-leicester
Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time
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Fish tooth roughness analysis reveals insights into underwater eating habits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/fish-tooth-roughness-analysis-reveals-insights-into-underwater-eating-habits
Leicester scientists led by Professor Mark Purnell from our Department of Geology have developed a technique to perform dietary analysis of fish by analysing microscopic tooth wear.
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Leicester Pride
https://le.ac.uk/pride
The University of Leicester is proud to support and attend Leicester Pride. Leicester Pride is Leicester’s own annual LGBT festival, celebrating equality and diversity in our community.
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Subject taster videos
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters
Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon Five things you probably don’t know about the Anglo-Saxons Nuclear weapons Nuclear Weapons Five things you probably didn’t know about nuclear weapons Landscape History Landscape History Landscape History The bed sheets trial Bed Sheets Trial The bed...
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Types of opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/access-graduate-opportunities
The University's Careers and Employability Service offers a wide range of resources to help graduates find their next opportunity.
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Theories of Risk, Crisis and Disasters
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn7631
Module code: MN7631 During the last forty years, risk has increasingly become of interest to social analysts and practitioners. Risk, however, is not a new problem.
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Theories of Risk, Crisis and Disasters
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mk7605
Module code: MK7605 During the last forty years, risk has increasingly become of interest to social analysts and practitioners. Risk, however, is not a new problem.
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Theories of Risk, Crisis and Disasters
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mk7605
Module code: MK7605 During the last forty years, risk has increasingly become of interest to social analysts and practitioners. Risk, however, is not a new problem.
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Power in the World Economy
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl1021
Module code: PL1021 The strength of its economy often determines the level of power a country has internationally.
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Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may
The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.