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                    Opening a UK bank accounthttps://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/advice/bank-account Information for our international students about opening a UK bank account, including guidance on necessary documents and waiting times. 
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                    Wonders of space inspire students at special camphttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/wonders-space-inspire-students-camp Five-day camp at SaxaVord Spaceport supported by Space Park Leicester 
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                    Urine test is breakthrough for high blood pressure patientshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/urine-test-is-breakthrough-for-high-blood-pressure-patients A research team including Leicester scientists has shown that a urine test leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling to regularly take their blood pressure lowering tablets. 
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                    Scientists cook up a green recipe for recycling lithium-ion batteries using vegetable oilhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/battery-recycling-lithium-ion-cooking-oil Technique developed at University of Leicester enables cheaper and sustainable recycling of battery black mass and could impact lithium-ion batteries used in billions of electronics and electric vehicles worldwide 
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                    Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronauthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other... 
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                    Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disastershttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/tipping-points Mathematicians led by the University of Leicester have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time, showing how to separate the ‘signal’ of human-made climate change from the ‘noise’ of natural climate fluctuations 
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                    Blast off! University supports launch of Rocket Round Leicesterhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/rocket-round-leicester Laura Betts, Fundraising Manager at LOROS Hospice and Rocket Round Leicester Project Manager said: “We’re excited to bring Rocket Round Leicester the city and inject colour and conversation back to the streets. 
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                    AI scientists spark interest at largest school-based STEM fairhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/bright-sparks The DriverLeics team was among exhibitors at the Bright Sparks STEM Fair, demonstrating an interactive robot dog, an AI system that identifies objects in people's hands, and two self-driving cars to demystify the concept of autonomous vehicles. 
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                    World Engineering Day: Leicester engineering graduate builds a career as a future ‘space leader’https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sam-ravi-engineering-graduate-space-leader University of Leicester alumna Sam Ravi was one of 30 Emerging Space Leaders announced in 2024 and is encouraging young people to consider an engineering degree on World Engineering Day 
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                    Mining the Museumhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/06/05/mining-the-museum-2/ Posted by Janet Marstine in School of Museum Studies Blog on June 5, 2013 On 22 May at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) conference in Baltimore I attended an unforgettable session commemorating twenty years since artist Fred Wilson’s precedent-setting intervention...