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The Science of Reading to be explored in Professorial Inaugural Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-science-of-reading-to-be-explored-in-professorial-inaugural-lecture
A free public lecture hosted by the University of Leicester will provide an insight into how the brain learns to read and how reading behaviour changes with age on Thursday 16 March.
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Psychology annual lecture to explore controversy surrounding cognitive neuroscience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/psychology-annual-lecture-to-explore-controversy-surrounding-cognitive-neuroscience
Controversy surrounding the extent to which detailed information about brain activity can enhance our understanding of ourselves and how we tick will be examined at the annual Sluckin Lecture on 3 May.
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Student cricketers pitch up to support NHS Blood and Transplant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/student-cricketers-pitch-up-to-support-nhs-blood-and-transplant
Students are supporting a call for more young blood donors in Leicester. Players from the University of Leicester Cricket Club, 1sts, 2nds and the Development Squad will dress in their cricket whites to donate blood for the first time.
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Political activism and disability in art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/political-activism-and-disability-in-art
Our University's new gallery at the Attenborough Arts Centre is to stage its inaugural exhibition from Wednesday 18 November 2015 to 17 January 2016.
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Oxford Professor to discuss the role of science in human existence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-to-discuss-the-role-of-science-in-human-existence
An Oxford Professor is returning to his alma mater to discuss the great questions of what it means to exist and how science can shed light on the unknown at a free public lecture on Tuesday 17 November.
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University to host major conferences in 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/university-to-host-four-conferences-in-2016
The University is preparing to host four major conferences next year in collaboration with Leicester Shire Promotions.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.
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Summer School to help raise aspirations of young people in care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/summer-school-to-help-raise-aspirations-of-young-people-in-care
The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University will be hosting their tenth annual Summer School event, which aims to improve the life chances of young people in public care.
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Professor Paul Boyle to chair expert panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/professor-paul-boyle-to-chair-expert-panel
Professor Paul Boyle is among seven leading scientists who are set to form a revitalised Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC) to advise Scottish Ministers from 1 February.
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University 2015 gospel choir champions to defend title
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/university-gospel-choir-champions-to-defend-title
The University's gospel choir, Leicester University Voices (LUV) has been shortlisted to sing at this year’s national finals of a university choir competition.