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                    New Vice-Chancellor namedhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/20-new-vice-chancellor-named Professor Nishan Canagarajah Image of Professor Nishan Canagarajah|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nishan Canagarajah as its next President and Vice-Chancellor with effect from Monday 4 November 2019. 
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                    Award-winning US medical correspondent to appear at international empathy conferencehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/global-empathy-conference CBS News’ award-winning Chief Medical Correspondent Jonathan LaPook will be among the world-class speakers appearing at the Global Empathy in Healthcare Network Symposium in Leicester later this year. 
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                    Leicester celebrates century of surrealism this Octoberhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/surrealism University of Leicester's Dr Madeleine Chalmers will host a Surrealist Soiree at Phoenix Cinema later this month 
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                    Zoo poo might hold the secrets to new medical treatmentshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phages-dudley-zoo-poo Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, rhinos and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments. 
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                    Discover the amazing benefits of volunteeringhttps://le.ac.uk/engagement/community/making-a-difference/benefits benefits 
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                    Applied Linguistics MOOChttps://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-applied-linguistics/2020 Language teachers, forensic linguistics, speech therapists and translators all work within the realm of applied linguistics. If you’re a lover of language, and want to know more about how it functions in our everyday lives, this online course is for you. 
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                    Adrian Weston MBEhttps://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/adrian-weston We have learned, with regret, of the death of Mr Adrian Weston, who was a member of the University Council from 1999 to 2008. 
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                    AFLETES-MRIhttps://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/afletes-mri An MRI study looking at the heart and brains of veteran endurance athletes 
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                    Response by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to Honorary Degree Oration, July 2004https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/honorary-degree-oration/honorary-degree-response Professor Jeffreys response to being awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Leicester. 
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                    Goal 13: Climate Actionhttps://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/climate-change The thirteenth Sustainable Development Goal is to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.