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Universities spearhead event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgrounds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/universities-spearhead-event-to-encourage-more-medical-students-from-non-traditional-backgrounds
Young people from any secondary school can become a doctor: that’s the message that a conference organised by the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham aims to instil in sixth form students in Lincolnshire and beyond.
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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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Faith in Medication film nominated for national award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/faith-in-medication-film-nominated-for-national-award
A film made by our University has been nominated for a national award.
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Leicester leads study pointing to postcode lottery in aneurysm care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-leads-study-pointing-to-postcode-lottery-in-aneurysm-care
A postcode lottery in access to treatment means people suffering from thoracic aortic diseases are up to four times more likely to receive treatment in some parts of the UK compared to others, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and led by...
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Leicester remembers honorary graduate Tim Pigott-Smith
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-remembers-honorary-graduate-tim-pigott-smith
The University was saddened to learn on 7 April of the death of Tim Pigott-Smith, noted actor and and honorary graduate of the University of Leicester.
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Nikon C1Si Confocal microscope
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/laser-microscopes/nikon-c1si
Find out more about the Nikon C1Si Confocal microscope we have in the Advanced Imaging Facility.
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Spring seminar series 2011
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2011
Browse our 2011 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.
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The New Luciad
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/publications/new-luciad
Find out more about this annual publication, which is run and edited by students at the University of Leicester, but which relies on the Centre for New Writing for support and financial assistance.
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Leicester biggest climber in national university league table
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/guardian-30
The University of Leicester has climbed 47 places in The Guardian University guide 2022 (published 11 September) – the largest climb made by any university this year – rising to 30th place.
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Seven thousand Leicester students to celebrate summer graduations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/graduation
Students who “triumphed over adversity” will celebrate their achievements at the University of Leicester’s first summer graduations for three years over the next two weeks.