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Technology and Type 1 Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/md7527
Module code: MD7527 This exciting new module ‘Technology and Type 1 Diabetes’ led by Professor Pratik Choudhury brings together the most current thinking on technology and how it is used to support people living with Type 1 diabetes.
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Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change
Study: Warming increased burning in Pantanal, Chiquitano and Amazon, releasing billions of tonnes of CO2, while climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s deadly fires by at least 2-3 times
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Undergraduate courses
https://le.ac.uk/english/study/undergraduate
English at the University of Leicester is internationally renowned for research and teaching. We offer you a range of courses to suit your study needs. Find out more about our undergraduate courses.
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Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/advanced-electrical-and-electronic-engineering-msc/2026
Advance your learning and you’ll advance your electrical and electronic engineering job prospects. For a complex field, it’s a simple solution. You’ll cover everything from communications and signal processing through to control engineering.
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Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/advanced-electrical-and-electronic-engineering-msc/2025
Advance your learning and you’ll advance your electrical and electronic engineering job prospects. For a complex field, it’s a simple solution. You’ll cover everything from communications and signal processing through to control engineering.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti awarded CBE in New Year Honours 2022
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/kamlesh-khunti-cbe
Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to Health in the New Year’s Honours List 2022.
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Patients at higher risk of developing ME after COVID-19 diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/coronavirus-me-risk
On ME Awareness day today (Tuesday 12 May) researchers at the University of Leicester have warned that up to one in ten patients who have had coronavirus could be at higher risk of developing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).
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PGR Careers blog University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2014/07/02/uol-phd-researcher-wins-cumberland-lodge-scholarship/
PGR Careers blog from the University of Leicester
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Brian Windley
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/brian-windley
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AboutUs
https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us
Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.