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Project to help refugees with vital language skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/project-to-help-refugees-with-vital-language-skills
The English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) will be helping refugees to learn vital language skills to help them overcome some of the challenges faced when seeking sanctuary in the UK.
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Two different schools of thought discuss light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/two-different-schools-of-thought-discuss-light
An event which examines the relationship between science and religion and their alternative views on the subject of light will take place on Wednesday 18 November at The Gatehouse Chaplaincy Centre, University Rd from 5.30pm – 8.00pm.
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Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female
A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester festival, running until 14 November on campus.
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Challenges in transport sector addressed at University conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/challenges-in-transport-sector-addressed-at-university-conference
EMBRACE welcomed more than 70 delegates to the Space Technology Solutions for Urban Transport conference held on 24 March at the MIRA Technology park.
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Heart professor stars in BBC documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/heart-professor-stars-in-bbc-documentary
A leading Leicester professor is to appear in a BBC documentary after finding a link between red meat and heart disease. Professor Toru Suzuki (pictured) from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences was asked to conduct an experiment looking at how steak affects the body.
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Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema
A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.
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Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling
Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore multiply the size of their gains and losses.
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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.
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Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer
This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.
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Autonomous vehicles at Science Museum Late
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/27-science-museum-late
Science Museum Lates are adults-only, after-hours theme nights that take place in the museum on the last Wednesday of every month. On Wednesday 28 August, the University of Leicester’s DriverLeics Team will be part of the Science Museum Late session, which runs from 6.