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University of Leicester politics student in triple awards win
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/university-of-leicester-politics-student-in-triple-awards-win
An undergraduate finalist in International Relations has been awarded the Political Studies Association’s Parliaments and Legislatures Specialist Group essay prize.
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Researchers identify unique cellsignalling system in some S pneumoniae strains
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/researchers-identify-unique-cell-signalling-system-in-some-s-pneumoniae-strains
An article involving Dr Hasan Yesilkaya and Mrs Anfal Shakir Motib, from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation working with an international team has been listed as this week’s ‘Featured Research Article’ by the journal PLOS Pathogens.
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Study suggests athletes and military at risk of heat stroke could benefit from leaky gut therapy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-suggests-athletes-and-military-at-risk-of-heat-stroke-could-benefit-from-2018leaky-gut2019-therapy
The health food product zinc carnosine may have value for athletes – such as those competing in the Rio Olympics - and prevent heat stroke in military personnel, according to research involving our University.
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Industry and academia partners to join European research initiative to fight Alzheimers dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/industry-and-academia-partners-to-join-european-research-initiative-to-fight-alzheimers-dementia
An alliance of academia and industry, including the University of Leicester, has announced the start of a novel collaboration, the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia (EPAD) Initiative, to test innovative treatments for the prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.
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Preterm birth linked with lower mathematics abilities and less wealth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/preterm-birth-linked-with-lower-math-abilities-and-less-wealth
People who are born premature tend to accumulate less wealth as adults, and a new study suggests that this may be due to lower mathematics abilities.
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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.
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United Nations Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/united-nations-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. Read the full text of this historic document online.
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Collections
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/about/collections
The University houses a large and varied collection of materials relating to local history. It is arguably the fullest collection outside Oxford, Cambridge and London. Find out more about the collection, which includes the generous gift given to the library by Joan Thirsk.
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Manjeet Singh Riyat
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/manjeet-singh-riyat
We are saddened to hear of the death of Leicester graduate Mr Manjeet Singh Riyat, Emergency Medicine Consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, who passed away on 20 April 2020 after contracting COVID-19.
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Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/esuantsiwa-jane-goldsmith
“When I was President I had to go to Senate meetings, me with 90-odd white guys, so I always turned up wearing banana yellow and big hair to scare the mortar boards off them.