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New carbon-monitoring satellite will shed light on photosynthesis thanks to Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/microcarb-carbon-monitoring-satellite-photosynthesis
An algorithm designed by scientists at the University of Leicester and National Centre for Earth Observation, based at Space Park Leicester, will allow the MicroCarb mission to observe solar induced fluorescence (SIF) – a by-product and indicator of plant photosynthesis
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Summer schools
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-schools
Ninth ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience Location: University of Leicester campus Dates: 30 August to 5 September 2025 Our Summer School introduces the interpretation and applications of downhole logs and physical property data...
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Staff and student travel
https://le.ac.uk/brexit/travel
As the University has a number of overseas research and teaching operations, the potential disruption to travel as a result of Brexit is a concern. Find out more about what we're doing to ensure travel for staff and students runs smoothly after Brexit.
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Where do my fees go?
https://le.ac.uk/about/info/facts-figures/where-fees-go
We want to be as open as possible about where your fees go. Undergraduate home students invest £9,250 per year (£9,535 from 2026/27) in their University education and it’s only right that we show how we spend it.
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Ground-breaking research celebrates 10 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/exceed-celebration
Some of the 11,000 people who’ve taken part in the ground-breaking Leicester research study, EXCEED, gathered at the University of Leicester’s Sir Bob Burgess building last week to celebrate 10 years of the study
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Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/covid
A major new global study has found that higher rates of severe illness and death among ethnic minority groups during the pandemic was largely driven by a greater risk of infection.
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Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo
The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.
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Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield
A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found in Europe.
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The formula for success in 100 years of Chemistry at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/formula-success-100-years-chemistry-centenary
As the School of Chemistry celebrates 100 years of Chemistry at Leicester, find out more about its history and achievements
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Scientists find clues to tuberculosis progression in gene expression
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/tuberculosis-gene-expression
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute working with collaborators at the University of Leicester have identified how gene expression changes during different stages of tuberculosis (TB), including early after infection before any symptoms are clinically detectable.