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Cutting corners results in rare genetic diseases being undiagnosed, say scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/genetic-diseases
Inaccurate naming of genetic diseases is resulting in some rare genetic diseases needlessly being undiagnosed, scientists from the University of Leicester warn
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Britain’s first space explorer is honoured by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-helen-sharman
Britain’s first astronaut has paid tribute to the University of Leicester’s world class space research.
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Mapping the future of University of Leicester’s iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-getty-foundation-grant
Stirling and Gowan-designed building among ten new grants from Getty Foundation’s 2018 Keeping It Modern programme
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National education leader joins University of Leicester’s governing body
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/mary-curnock-cook
A leading national figure in Higher Education has joined the University of Leicester’s governing body to help it shape its future direction.
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Alumni to walk 100 miles for ex-SU officer with MS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/joe-charity-walk
A group of former University of Leicester students will walk more than 100 miles to raise money for their friend with multiple sclerosis. Joe Martin was a sabbatical officer at the University’s Students’ Union between 2005 and 2006 and was diagnosed with MS in 2013.
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UK’s poorest students set to benefit most from university redesign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/poorest-students
Young people from the poorest parts of the UK are primed to benefit most as universities scramble to offer safe education as they emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown.
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SMEs to benefit from new space tech accelerator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-space-park-star
Space Park Leicester has been awarded a grant of just over two million pounds from the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership’s (LLEP) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to match the University of Leicester’s investment of just over £2.
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Patient’s life transformed thanks to gift to University and local hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/patient2019s-life-transformed-thanks-to-gift-to-university-and-local-hospitals
George Davies' gift George Davies' donation to help fight vascular disease bl0lXe8oWg0 Patient’s life transformed thanks to gift to University and local hospitals Patient’s life transformed thanks to gift to University and local hospitals|The aim of the new Vascular...
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American Studies student to take the long way home for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/american-studies-student-to-take-the-long-way-home-for-charity
A student will join one of his oldest friends on a daunting 60-mile-a-day cycling trip from Austria to England in a mere 24 days.
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Study finds higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-finds-higher-earning-men-would-take-a-pay-cut-to-spend-more-time-with-partners
Most men in Europe want to spend fewer hours at work and more time with their families even though it would cut their income, a major study on employment published in the journal Sociology shows.