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Metals in Synthesis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch3205
Module code: CH3205 The key to efficient and sustainable synthetic methods is to minimise energy use and maximise reaction selectivity.
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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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Exploring and Understanding Risk and Security
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/cr7719
Module code: CR7719 This module lays the foundation for the rest of the course in two ways. Firstly, it introduces and allows you to practice a range of academic skills including assignment planning, critical reading and writing, and the all-important issue of referencing.
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Improving primary health care in Bangladesh
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/impact-case-studies/improving-primary-health-care-in-bangladesh
Our research in promoting resilience in primary health care during natural disasters in Bangladesh has impacted poor women, health professionals and decision makers in reproductive health and disaster risk management.
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Archaeology and Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3606
Module code: AR3606 ‘Heritage’ is a very powerful idea, and we will begin this module by thinking about what heritage actually is and what it means in the contemporary world.
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NHS 70th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/nhs-70th-anniversary
Join the University of Leicester and local NHS Trusts on Saturday 7 July for a free family fun day celebrating the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service.
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Precision medicine
https://le.ac.uk/lung-health/research/precision-medicine
Much of the work carried out by the Respiratory Theme falls under the description of Precision Medicine.
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Treatment for frail heart patients improves survival rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/revascularisation
A new study, led by the University of Leicester, shows that heart patients treated with revascularisation have better survival rates, even with a high risk of frailty.
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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers
A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...
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Type 2 diabetes people let down over delayed treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/type-2-diabetes-people-2018let-down2019-over-delayed-treatment
People with Type 2 diabetes are being ‘let down’ because they are being forced to wait for further treatment when needed, according to new research. Research has shown the average waiting time for increased treatment from the start of insulin is 3.