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New blood test to detect endometrial (womb) cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/endometrial-cancer-leicester-blood-test
A pioneering new blood test to detect endometrial cancer has been developed by Gynaecological cancer experts at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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University of Leicester extends leadership role in health and education in India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/university-leicester-apollo-leadership-health-education-india
The University of Leicester has built upon its leadership role in India by co-hosting the first-ever UK-India higher education summit for parents of students coming to study in the UK – and a pioneering health conference with strategic partner The Apollo Hospitals Group.
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Check urine to ensure patients are taking blood pressure tablets, researchers urge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-check-urine-patients-blood-pressure-tablets
Blood pressure pills next to blood pressure monitor 1500|Doctors from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester show simple process may save NHS millions.
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Research opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/structural-chemical-biology/opportunities
Postdoc opportunities at the Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology
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Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift
University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than anything NASA’s Swift mission has seen before.
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Undergraduate Courses
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate
Find out about the undergraduate Chemistry degrees on offer at the University of Leicester.
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PhD student receives prestigious research grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant
A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.
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Modern and Contemporary Literature and Theory 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en7031
Module code: EN7031 Together with Modern and Contemporary Literature and Theory 2, this module will encourage you to think about different theoretical, historical and contextual approaches to the study of literature.
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Modern and Contemporary Literature and Theory 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en7031
Module code: EN7031 Together with Modern and Contemporary Literature and Theory 2, this module will encourage you to think about different theoretical, historical and contextual approaches to the study of literature.