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Academics bring expertise to Brexit debate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/academics-bring-expertise-to-eu-debate
As the potentially historic EU referendum draws closer and voters consider whether Britain should leave or remain part of the European Union, academics at our University have been contributing to the public debate with opinion pieces and media comment.
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Expert opinions cover ransomware arms races Brexit migrant workers and NASAs Juno mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/expert-opinions-cover-ransomware-arms-race-brexit-migrant-workers-and-nasas-juno-mission
UK universities may be among the most autonomous, but they need international cooperation to make their voices heard, says President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle in an article for the Times Higher Education.
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Innovative counter terrorism initiative sees one in three success rate for stop and search
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/17-servator
An innovative police counter terrorism initiative has seen a rise in the effectiveness of stop and search tactics, new research by the University of Leicester reveals.
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Ministerial visit highlights efforts to enhance empathy in healthcare led by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ministerial-visit
The Minister for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, has spent a morning speaking to University of Leicester experts about how empathy can help reduce health outcome disparities by ethnic groups
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University welcomes new Black Health Data Scientist interns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/breathe
The University of Leicester is to welcome two new Black Health Data Scientist interns to BREATHE: Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health, who have been recruited as part of a UK-wide initiative run by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK).
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Changing face of journalism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/19/changing-face-of-journalism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2016 The Independent newspaper will be ceasing printed publication. A useful article on the conversation blog by a journalist involved in its early years sets the demise in context.
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Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
https://le.ac.uk/history/study/research-degrees/midlands-graduate-school-esrc-doctoral-training-partnership
The Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership is accepting applications for PhD projects in the areas of Social and Economic history.
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Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target
A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.
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Genomes and Development
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt3006
Module code: NT3006 This module will illustrate the techniques of modern molecular genetics that are being applied to investigate the organisation, evolution and maintenance of the integrity of genomes, and provides “hands-on” experience of many of the relevant...
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Structural Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs3070
Module code: BS3070 Practically all events in cells depend on the existence of protein complexes which interact with other components to bring about diverse cellular functions.