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2026 vision: Leicester launches Optometry degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/optometry-degree-leicester-course
The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that its new four-year Optometry degree has been given permission to recruit students by the General Optical Council.
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Government delegation visit to Leicester shapes University's Thailand partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/government-delegation-leicester-university-thailand-partnership
The University of Leicester’s growing relationship with Thailand took another key step forward when it received a government delegation from the Southeast Asian country.
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Ever wondered why laughter is good for you?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/sluckin-lecture-psychology-vision
World-leading neuroscientist and stand-up comedian, Professor Sophie Scott, CBE (University College London), is bringing her unique perspective on the science of humour to Leicester this month (May).
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University provides opportunity for children to win photograph taken from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/university-provides-opportunity-for-children-to-win-photograph-taken-from-space
Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 October
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-october
Dr Samantha Johnson from the Department of Health Sciences has written an article for Action Medical Research about developing a programme to help children with maths skills that are vital for their future life chances.
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The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference
A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of research projects carried out at Leicester and Oxford focusing on the dispersal of people from their homelands.
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Calcium is key to age-related memory loss
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-presynaptic-calcium
Research in our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour is offering new clues into how and why cognitive functions such as memory and learning become impaired with age.
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Working at home is ‘a double-edged sword’, new research reveals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/home-working
New research conducted by academics at the Universities of Leicester and Exeter has revealed how working at home can be ‘a double-edged sword’.
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University-supported enterprise picks up regional award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/brainberry
An innovative healthcare collaboration supported by the University of Leicester has been recognised with a regional award.
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Leicester space scientists developing innovative camera system to detect most luminous objects in universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientists-developing-innovative-camera-system-to-detect-most-luminous-objects-in-universe
The latest iteration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array’s (CTA) science case, Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, has been made available via the CTA website library and arXiv and will be published in a special edition of International Journal of Modern Physics D in the...