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Report suggests public participation should be at the heart of big data projects
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/report-suggests-public-participation-should-be-at-the-heart-of-big-data-projects
Public participation should be at the heart of big data projects in health care and biomedical research, according to the findings of a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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Alumnus shortlisted for top sci-fi writing prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/alumnus-shortlisted-for-top-sci-fi-writing-prize
An alumnus and former staff member at the University is on the shortlist for one of world's most prestigious sci-fi writing prizes, the Philip K Dick Award.
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Project to help refugees with vital language skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/project-to-help-refugees-with-vital-language-skills
The English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) will be helping refugees to learn vital language skills to help them overcome some of the challenges faced when seeking sanctuary in the UK.
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Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female
A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester festival, running until 14 November on campus.
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Free language taster sessions from Languages at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/free-language-taster-sessions-from-languages-at-leicester
A long-running language learning programme offering over a dozen languages is offering members of the public the opportunity to try a new language for free.
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Food available across University in the name of equality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/food-available-across-university-in-the-name-of-equality
The University's Residential and Commercial Services (RACS) is supporting International Women’s Day (IWD), which took place on 8 March, and is raising awareness of the campaign by offering a number of dishes which contain women’s names.
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Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema
A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.
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Support for combined authority
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/support-for-combined-authority
The vice-chancellors of Leicestershire’s three universities have written to the Government, pledging support for a combined authority.
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University to host encore of Sir David Attenboroughs public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-to-host-2018encore2019-of-sir-david-attenborough2019s-public-lecture
Sir David Attenborough’s lecture for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture series entitled ‘Beauty in Nature’, which was originally delivered in January 2016 at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, is to be screened for the public.
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Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling
Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore multiply the size of their gains and losses.