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Europeans have shaped what we think of as being quintessentially English
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Immigrants from Europe have, for centuries, played a vital role in shaping British culture as well as our perception of what we think as...
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Expert opinions cover Gibraltar in the EU debate and Mary Berrys Bakewell tart recipe and online archiving
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Dr Simon Dixon from the Special Collections has written an article for Think: Leicester about the closure of BBC Food and how much of its content...
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University celebrates prospering partnership between academia and medical practice
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Our University is celebrating the close collaboration between academia and medical practice by recognising, at an unprecedented scale, the...
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University geneticist warns of pseudoscience in industries
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A University scientist has joined leading scientists from across Europe in raising an alarm over the ‘pseudoscience’ concerning regulation of...
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Local charity donates equipment to diabetes centre
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A charity has donated a state-of-the-art treadmill to the Leicester Diabetes Research centre to help progress research into the condition.
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Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts
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Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper societyâ€, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further...
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Scientists and engineers complete testing for space technology for the next decade
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A UK team - including scientists from the University – has returned from a series of rigorous tests carried out on instrumentation for the premier...
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Academics bring expertise to Brexit debate
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As the potentially historic EU referendum draws closer and voters consider whether Britain should leave or remain part of the European Union,...
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Leicester experts discuss Brexit in new programme
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With less than a month to go until the EU Referendum, European Union experts from across the university have been giving their views on whether...
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Double award for University academic
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An academic from the University is to receive an award for his contribution to language testing and educational assessment at an international...