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• Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants

  Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects investigating the ancient past and the world of the future.

• Cider in Unexpected Places? Rural Chile and the Cider Pressing – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/08/24/cider-in-unexpected-places-rural-chile-and-the-cider-pressing/

  Deborah Toner discusses the social and cultural importance of cider making in rural Southern Chile in South America, summarising the work of Anton Daughters that appears in recent book Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History, edited by Gretchen Pierce and...

• Vegan diet could control blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/vegan-diet

  A study supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC EM) into the effects of a vegan diet in people with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes has...

• Doctoral College student complaints procedure

  https://le.ac.uk/research/doctoral-college/about/student-complaints

  The Doctoral College welcomes feedback, and we understand that occasionally you may wish to make a complaint. Find out about our student feedback and complaints procedure.

• Challenges faced by aspiring female headteachers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/challenges-faced-by-aspiring-female-headteachers

  The University of Leicester’s Doctoral Inaugural lectures series continues on Wednesday 23 May, when two new speakers from the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities will share their research into the topics of education, and social relations.

• University involved in new trial to fight cancer caused by asbestos

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-involved-in-new-trial-to-fight-cancer-caused-by-asbestos

  Patients with a hard-to-treat type of cancer are being given new hope in a ground-breaking clinical trial.

• New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists

  A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.

• Research team investigates why cardiac surgery can lead to fatal organ damage

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-team-investigates-why-cardiac-surgery-can-lead-to-fatal-organ-damage

  The Cardiac Surgery Research team is drawing on support from patients and members of the public to investigate why cardiac surgery can often result in serious or fatal damage to other organs in the body.

• Expert opinions cover conspiracy theories James Bond Brexit and muscle disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-conspiracy-theories-james-bond-brexit-and-muscle-disease

  Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing private meetings and conspiracy theories.

• Respiratory Sciences student complaints procedure

  https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/about/contact/student-complaints

  We welcome feedback on how we are doing and understand that occasionally something can go wrong.