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  • Get to know your brain

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/get-to-know-your-brain

    Have you ever wondered how the brain actually works- what makes us move, feel, think, and listen? On Wednesday 14 March, in the midst of global Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a day of events will provide the public with an opportunity to learn all about how the brain functions.

  • Leicester ranked a top 3 UK progressive city

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/top-3-city

    Leicester has been named the UK’s third most progressive city for social and environmental issues, which is great news for the University of Leicester’s students and staff.

  • Was Richard IIIs scoliosis kept a secret until his death

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/was-richard-iiis-scoliosis-kept-a-secret-until-his-death

    Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University archaeologists discovered his skeleton in a car park in August 2012.

  • Our research community

    https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/support/community

    A sense of belonging is a key part of the PhD student experience. Find out about our research student community, which has some 2,200 members.

  • Representing gender-based violence: literature, performance and activism in the Anglophone Caribbean

    https://le.ac.uk/anglophone-caribbean

    Find out about the international, collaborative research project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and running from September 2021 to May 2023.

  • Researchers make sand that flows uphill

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers

    Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with counterintuitive results

  • Student Compensation and Refund Policy

    https://le.ac.uk/policies/admissions/after-applying/compensation

    How decisions regarding tuition fees, other course costs, accommodation costs, sports memberships and other relevant costs are compensated or refunded.

  • New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell

    Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos

  • Prevention

    https://le.ac.uk/lcrc/research/prevention

    Research theme lead: Professor Karen Brown Academic research theme members Dr Sam Khan Dr Alessandro Rufini Dr Cristina Tufarelli Professor Don JL Jones Prevention, through the use of safe and effective therapies offers a largely untapped strategy for...

  • Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens

    The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.

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