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• Leicester criminologists working with Government to explore motivations behind acid attacks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-criminologists-working-with-government-to-explore-motivations-behind-acid-attacks

  Researchers from our Department of Criminology have launched a major research project, commissioned by the Home Office, into the motivations of offenders who carry and use acid in violent attacks.

• Lecture to explore the emerging blood test helping to spot cancer earlier

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/lecture-to-explore-the-emerging-blood-test-helping-to-spot-cancer-earlier

  Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by researcher at our University. Professor Jacqui Shaw (pictured) from our Department of Cancer Studies will give the Frank May Prize Lecture 2017 on 26 June at 5.

• Engineering students launch crowdfunding campaign for Silverstone dream

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/engineering-students-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-for-silverstone-dream

  A group of engineering students at the University have launched our first ever crowdfunding campaign to enable them to compete in an international racing competition. With the support of the University’s Development and Alumni Relations Office, UoL Racing has set up a hubbub.

• Cancer researchers lead the way in cutting-edge research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-researchers-lead-the-way-in-cutting-edge-research

  Researchers from the city’s Cancer Research UK Centre based at the University of Leicester, will be collaborating with scientists across the UK, following the announcement today of the charity’s Centres’ Network Accelerator Awards.

• Making UK fashion more ethical

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/impact-case-studies/making-uk-fashion-more-ethical

  Dr Nik Hammer’s research into unauthorised subcontracting and employment practices in UK apparel manufacturing has led to improvements in the supply chain practices of UK high street fashion retailers.

• Research communications gains national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/research-communications-gains-national-award

  The University has won its fourth award for communicating animal research- including the second consecutive Openness Award from Understanding Animal Research.

• Leicester expert says decision on Aylesbury could set precedent for stopping gentrification of council estates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/aylesbury-decision-could-set-precedent-for-stopping-gentrification-of-council-estates-says-expert

  A Leicester geographer, who is an international expert on gentrification, has been working with local campaigners in London to overturn plans for the demolition and ‘regeneration’ of the Aylesbury Estate, one of Europe’s largest public housing estates.

• Arctic eco-thriller White Road by Dr Harry Whitehead released 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/white-road-new-novel-harry-whitehead

  White Road, the new novel by the University of Leicester's Dr Harry Whitehead has been published today.  Set in the Canadian Arctic, White Road is a gripping eco-thriller about an oil rig that explodes just as winter is setting in.

• Bank transfer

  https://le.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/payment-methods/money-transfer

  You can pay your tuition and accommodation fees by using Flywire for both international and UK bank transfers to the University of Leicester. Alternatively you can use Convera for international bank transfers.

• Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds

  A new study has demonstrated that using  the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.