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  • Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

    Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.

  • €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

    Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).

  • Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to be guest speaker at unique fundraising event

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-to-be-guest-speaker-at-unique-fundraising-event

    Students and academics are invited to attend the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London on Monday 16 May 2016 and spend an evening with the inventor of forensic DNA fingerprinting and emeritus professor, Sir Alec Jeffreys. The event, starting at 7.

  • Combating loneliness and isolation

    https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/humankind

    Professor Suzanne MacLeod led researchers from the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries and the National Trust and volunteers on the HumanKind project.

  • Space training programme for Chinese students

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/space-training-programme-for-chinese-students

    This month, the University is welcoming a large delegation of engineering undergraduates from Beihang University in Beijing who will undertake a bespoke space training programme.

  • International Honour for Outstanding Scholarship

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/international-honour-for-outstanding-scholarship

    A Visiting Professor at our University's School of Archaeology and Ancient History is being honoured for his outstanding work. The American Numismatic Society (ANS) awards its 2017 Archer M.

  • Largest archaeological excavation in Leicester in over a decade open to public

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/largest-archaeological-excavation-in-leicester-in-over-a-decade-open-to-public

    Members of the public are invited to learn more about Leicester's Roman past as the city's largest excavation site in over 10 years is open to visitors on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May.

  • Student societies

    https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/societies

    Find out about the University of Leicester's student geological societies, including the Peter Colley Sylvester Bradley (PCSB) student society, Society of Economic Geologists, Palaeobiology Society and Geophysical Student Society.

  • Rage and Revolution Revisited as a Major Punk Exhibition Hits Leicester This Summer

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/punk-rage-revolution

    The team behind the successful 2019 Mods: Shaping a Generation exhibition, Soft Touch Arts, Arch Creative and Shaun Knapp, are proud to present Punk: Rage & Revolution. This showcase will begin in Leicester on 27th May ‘23 and run through to 3rd September ‘23.

  • Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow

    An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope.

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