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Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations
An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.
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Leading human rights activist to speak on civil liberty and democratic freedom
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/leading-human-rights-activist-to-speak-on-civil-liberty-and-democratic-freedom
Leading human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti CBE will be discussing civil liberty, the importance of democratic freedom and how to prevent future acts of terrorism at a free public lecture in the Peter Williams Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 11 February 2015...
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Hitler’s anti-semitism to be explored in public lecture by leading historian
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/26-hitler-lecture
Author and historian Professor Sir Richard J Evans will visit the University of Leicester on Thursday 3 October to deliver the annual Aubrey Newman Lecture for the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
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The Power Threat Meaning Framework - Psychology Cultures seminars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/01-power-threat-meaning-framework
Abstract illustration of a human mind|University of Leicester Psychology Cultures Seminars to explore alternative ways of understanding mental health. University of Leicester Psychology Cultures Seminars: Tuesday 5 February 2019, 2.30 to 4.
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Leading scientists takeover Leicester pubs for Pint of Science festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/pint-of-science
Pub goers in Leicester will get much more than just a pint next week when some of Britain’s leading Scientists head to the city’s drinking venues to discuss their latest research. The ‘Pint of Science’ festival runs from 9th-11th May.
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Research grant applications and awards process privacy notice
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/research/research-grant
Learn more about how your data is handled relating to research grant applications and award management at Leicester.
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Attitudes towards rewilding gardens and green space in Leicester and Leicestershire
https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/research/rewilding-gardens-research
Learn more about how your data is handled if participating in the rewilding gardens and green space research at Leicester.
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Royal connections link University to city
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/connections
Find out more about the many links that have been forged between the University and the Royal Family.
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Top honours for nine influential individuals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/01-honorary-degrees
Influential individuals from the worlds of business, art, education, and more have received honorary degrees from the University of Leicester.
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Alan Buchan
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/alan-buchan
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Alan Robson Buchan MD DPH FFPH, Emeritus Professor of Community Medicine, who passed away on New Year's Day.