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Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester
University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.
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Examples of Decolonising the Curriculum SSC Posters
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-projects/learning-environment/inclusive-curriculum-toolkit/example-projects
Part of Leicester Medical School's Racial Inclusion in the Curriculum Toolkit; example titles of student projects
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Professor Alison Snape
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/alison-snape
Professor Alison Snape is one of the elected Senate representatives on Council appointed in June 2025. Professor Snape is currently the Head of the School of Biological Sciences.
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Researchers identify how multiple genes impact vision development and result in rare sight disorder
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/fovea-genes
An international team of health researchers have, for the first time, described how genetic defects influence the spectrum of vision development and cause problems in developing babies’ eyes.
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Prestigious professor to discuss effects of drugs on the brain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/prestigious-professor-to-discuss-effects-of-drugs-on-the-brain
A prestigious professor at the forefront of research on the effects of drugs on the brain will be speaking at a free lecture for staff and students at the University of Leicester on Thursday 6 October.
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History of Judaism in Leicester to be explored at event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/history-of-judaism-in-leicester-to-be-explored-at-event
The history of Judaism in Leicester will be explored at a free public event on Thursday 6 October.
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Initiative to raise awareness about how gardeners can help hedgehogs bats and other wildlife
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/initiative-to-raise-awareness-about-how-gardeners-can-help-hedgehogs-bats-and-other-wildlife
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and our University's Botanic Garden are encouraging gardeners across the two counties to help hedgehogs this autumn, as part of the national Wild About Gardens Week (24—30 October).
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27000 project to preserve Leicesters postwar memories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps27-000-project-to-preserve-leicesters-post-war-memories
The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), based in the Centre for Urban History at our University, has received £27,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project that will record memories of the period 1945-1962 in Leicester and Leicestershire.
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Sessions to prevent Type 2 diabetes and improve knowledge of condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/sessions-to-prevent-type-2-diabetes
Free fitness and healthy eating workshops will be staged in Leicester over the next five months for people from minority ethnic communities as part of a county-wide health campaign.
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Shakespeare and English Language
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/erasmus-and-study-abroad/el3027
Shakespeare and English Language (Semester 2) EL3027 (Macbeth - As You Like It - Richard III) course at the ELTU.