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What is a wound infection
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/what-is-a-wound-infection
Explains where the infection develops when you have had your surgery, the causes, types and rates
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University of Leicester’s global approach leads to QS World Rankings rise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/qs-rankings
The University of Leicester’s reputation as a leading global institution for research and teaching has been reaffirmed after a rise in the QS World Rankings 2024.
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Air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/air-pollution
The work of Dr Julie Morrissey and colleagues at the University of Leicester, involves the elucidation of how bacteria adapt to air pollution and metal stress, and how this has impact on bacterial survival in a host and in the environment, and drives antibiotic resistance.
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Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’ in the higher education sector.
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Lifechanging scholarships announced at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/2018life-changing2019-scholarships-announced-at-leicester
The University has announced the names of its 2016 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars. These students have been awarded Scholarships by the the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK to allow them to pursue a Master’s course while living in their home countries.
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University of Leicester researcher awarded Academy of Medical Sciences funding to unlock secrets of cellular "antenna"
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/springboard-grant-ciliogenesis-leicester
The Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded a prestigious Springboard grant to Dr Robert Mahen at the University of Leicester to investigate ciliogenesis
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Commissions to celebrate Adrian Moles' 50th birthday
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/adrian-mole-birthday
Learn more about the writing commissioned by the centre to celebrate the 50th birthday of Adrian Mole. Read the summaries and the full entries of the three winners of the commissions.
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BRC Director chosen to receive international outstanding achievement award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/diabetes-ada-award-melanie-davies
Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC, Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
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Festival of Careers
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/festival-of-careers
Our annual Festival of Careers is a huge graduate recruitment event with a wide range of top employers from across many sectors visiting the Leicester campus.
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Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/hot-jupiters
An international team of space scientists have discovered four new ‘hot Jupiters’ in our galaxy. University of Leicester PhD researcher Rosanna Tilbrook led and co-authored the study alongside colleagues in the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, the USA and South Africa.