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Leicester honorary graduates announced for 2019
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-honorary-graduates-2019
The University of Leicester has announced this year’s recipients of honorary degrees, awarded to those in recognition of their achievements in their respective fields.
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Students have their say on living in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/23-graduate-retention
Student voice event Student voice event|More than 100 university students have been giving their views on living in Leicester as part of the city’s first Leicester Student Voice event.
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Avoidable Deaths Network to run sessions at UN event for the humanitarian sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/avoidable-deaths-network-un-humanitarian-event
A network set up by the University of Leicester to prevent avoidable deaths is hosting five sessions at a United Nations event for the humanitarian sector.
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Leicester students offered chance to work at US university linked with landmark space missions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/students-united-states-university-landmark-space-missions
Space Exploration Systems MSc students head to the University of Dayton to gain experience working on an advance space project.
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Charity pays for Gazan medical students to complete their studies with the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/charity-supports-gazan-medical-students-university-leicester
A charity has stepped in to cover the living costs of two medical students displaced from war-torn Gaza, to complete their studies at the University of Leicester.
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Trainee doctors in India to bolster their clinical skills with the NHS thanks to landmark initiative
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/trainee-doctors-india-clinical-skills-nhs-landmark-initiative
Doctors in training from India will now be able to continue their training in NHS hospitals in the UK, thanks to a landmark initiative involving the University of Leicester.
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Artificial intelligence can better predict future risk for heart attack patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/artificial-intelligence-heart-attack-predict
A landmark study led by University of Leicester experts' has shown that artificial intelligence can better predict how doctors should treat patients following a heart attack
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Venice comes to Attenborough Arts Centre with Shape Arts’ landmark exhibition about the Disability Arts Movement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/crip-arte-spazio
The exhibition celebrates the Disability Arts Movement which contributed to changes in UK law.
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A multidisciplinary team of scientists aim to solve the mystery of magnetoreception
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/magnetoreception
A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic forces affect animals, including humans
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Leicester-led review shows around one in three hospital infections involve antimicrobial resistance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/antimicrobial-resistance-amr-leicester-hospital-infections
A University of Leicester-led study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial resistance is common and independently associated with a higher risk of death.