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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
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Distant supermassive black hole shows high velocity sign of over-eating
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/distant-supermassive-black-hole-high-velocity-over-eating-770
University of Leicester scientists describe how the capture of new matter - lasting a few days and corresponding to several Earth masses - formed a ring around the hole, before being partly swallowed by the hole, with excess matter ejected as a high velocity wind.
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Visiting PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/visiting
If you are a PhD student at another university you can apply to study for a period of up to 1 year at Leicester to undertake research which supports your PhD.
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College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Masters Excellence Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/cssah-masters-excellence
This scholarship is available to new UK/EU applicants registering for a full- or part-time, campus-based Masters degree within the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
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The hoodie: a symbol of all that is wrong with youth today?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/hoodie
Read the article "The hoodie: a symbol of all that is wrong with youth today?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Minimally Invasive and Heart Valve Surgery
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/minimally-invasive-and-heart-valve-surgery
Minimally Invasive Hybrid Percutaneous Techniques group is part of our National Cardiac Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative
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Accreditation of prior learning
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/distance-learning/accreditation-prior-learning
This information is for applicants who have received an offer for the Educational Leadership MSc (by distance learning) who wish to apply for Accreditation of Prior Credited Learning (APCL) or Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).
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Learn-AT School Direct
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/lead-partners/church-langton
Find out more about Church Langton CE (Aided) Primary School who work in partnership with the University of Leicester to deliver our School Direct Primary PGCE.
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Professor Yuri Dubrova
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/yuri-dubrova
It was with great sadness that we have learned of the death of our colleague and friend Professor Yuri Dubrova who passed away on 26 January 2023.
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Almost half of NHS workers surveyed have left their role or are considering it
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nhs-attrition
A significant number of healthcare workers have either left their job or considered changing it because they feel undervalued or have experienced discrimination according to a new study led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with University College London (UCL).