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  • Focus on Medicine event to inspire tomorrows doctors

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/2018focus-on-medicine2019-event-to-inspire-tomorrow2019s-doctors

    Students interested in studying medicine, and their families, are invited to the University's ‘Focus on Medicine Day’ on Saturday 20 June, which will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University’s unique medical facilities – including its new...

  • Microbiologist honoured with bug named after him

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/microbiologist-has-bug-named-after-him

    Microbiologist Bill Grant (pictured), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades - he has a bug named after him.

  • Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia

    Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.

  • How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions

    A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.

  • Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see

    New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.

  • Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash

    An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.

  • Giant rhinos and letters home historical Freshers Weeks at our University

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/giant-rhinos-and-letters-home-historical-freshers2019-weeks-at-our-university

    This year our University has launched its Fabulous First Year initiative, including the MyUoL app which allows students to access daily university information in one place including timetables, library search and university news.

  • University remembers fallen soldier who played a part in its founding

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-remembers-fallen-soldier-who-played-a-part-in-its-founding

    The story of a brave Leicester officer during the First World War is being retold by our University on the anniversary of his death on 15 October.

  • University researchers contribute to new announcement aiming to improve person-centred care

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-researchers-contribute-to-new-announcement-aiming-to-improve-person-centred-care

    NHS England has today announced a deal seeking to improve access to more person-centred care as part of its developing Self Care programme.

  • Leicester among best 10 cities in the UK according to new survey

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-among-best-10-cities-in-the-uk-according-to-new-survey

    Leicester has been named one of the top 10 cities in the UK to live and work in, according to a new study by economists at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

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