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Mythbusting coronavirus from Amazon to Zoflora: cleaning facts and fiction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/24-mythbusting-coronavirus
How long can coronavirus survive on your Amazon parcels, and should you disinfect your shopping trolly when going to the supermarket? According Dr Primrose Freestone, Associate Professor in Clinical Microbiology at The University of Leicester, it can take up to 24hrs for...
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What our students say
https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/study/testimonials
Find out more about what our students say about studying Psychology at Leicester.
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Students to take part in cooking competition using Fairtrade ingredients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-to-take-part-in-cooking-competition-using-fairtrade-ingredients
University staff will be giving their best impressions of foodie TV personalities Gregg Wallace and John Torode as they grill students in a Fairtrade-themed MasterChef competition to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, taking place from 23 February to 8 March.
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BBC’s Digging for Britain to showcase Leicester Cathedral discoveries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/digging-for-britain
A University of Leicester-led archaeological dig at Leicester Cathedral is to be featured on BBC Two’s Digging for Britain.
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Free public event explores the 1911 ‘All India’ cricket tour of England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/30-cricket-event
A fascinating chapter in cricket history will be explored at a free public event on Tuesday 1 October when Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor of colonial urban history, discusses the first ever Indian tour of England in 1911.
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University of Leicester offers organisations free climate leadership training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/university-leicester-offers-organisations-free-climate-leadership-training
Leicestershire organisations looking to increase their sustainability credentials can take advantage of free leadership training from the University of Leicester.
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‘Closing the Gender Pay gap would take 95 years’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/closing-the-gender-pay-gap-would-take-95-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Across OECD nations at current rates of progress according to the latest PWC Women in work report.
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Career Commitment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/07/20/commitment/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 20, 2015 Along with the University’s team, I attended the final of Engineering YES 2015. The post event talk was given by Lord Digby Jones, former head of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Part of the students’ union: reflections from Strawbs founder David Cousins
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/david-cousins-interview
Strawbs founder David Cousins is interviewed by the University of Leicester about his career and his time as a student.
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Artificial intelligence used to tackle Leicester’s hospital staff turnover challenges
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/nhs-staff
A team from the University of Leicester is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to support and retain NHS staff in the city’s hospitals.