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Big Sleep raises over 9000 for The BridgeHomelessness to Hope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/big-sleep-raises-over-ps9000-for-the-bridge-homelessness-to-hope
Over £9,000 has been raised by the volunteers who took part in the University of Leicester’s ‘Big Sleep’ on Tuesday 20 March.
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Leicester ranks among top 50 universities in the world for clinical medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-ranks-among-top-50-universities-in-the-world-for-clinical-medicine
An international league table has ranked our University amongst the top fifty in the world for Clinical Medicine.
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Research unearths viral image of Labour Party leader
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/apartheid-research-project-unearths-viral-image-of-labour-party-leader
If you have been paying attention to the mainstream media coverage surrounding Jeremy Corbyn in recent months, chances are you may have seen this photo (right) before - it was reproduced during the Labour Party leadership contest and immediately after Jeremy...
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Study suggests preconceptions predict coping and health outcomes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/study-suggests-preconceptions-predict-coping-and-health-outcomes
Research involving our University has shown people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) form pre-conceived beliefs about their illness which can impact their health.
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Leicester prepares for Junos arrival at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-prepares-for-juno2019s-arrival-at-jupiter
4 July will see the arrival of the NASA spacecraft Juno at Jupiter where soon after it will begin its orbit insertion manoeuvre of the giant planet.
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Leicester expert discusses the rise of bingewatching through new digital platforms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-expert-discusses-the-rise-of-2018binge-watching2019-through-new-digital-platforms
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality.
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Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience
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Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new pioneering national research centre to investigate the effect of environmental exposures on health.
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Gender policy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gender-policy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 Top 100 influential people for 2018 New from Apolitical : their list of the 100 most influential people in gender policy around the world.
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New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pterosaur-ceoptera
Team including University of Leicester palaeontologist have studied a fossil that suggests the flying reptiles developed earlier and were more numerous than thought