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Im pleased that I followed my heart and studied Sociology it allowed me to learn about Britain and also to develop a global perspective
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When deciding what she was going to study in the UK, Phoebe wanted to explore something new.
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Unemployment Heart Disease prevention fingerprints and babyfarming among research showcased at Festival of Postgraduate Research
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Research into youth unemployment in the East Midlands and unemployment amongst the elderly and unskilled, how manipulations in genetic ‘switches’...
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Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse
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It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at...
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Literary Leicester to host one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British Fiction Gwendoline Riley
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ will welcome award-winning novelist Gwendoline Riley to campus on Friday 17 November for the tenth annual Literary...
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Leicester delegation to bring environmental research insights to the heart of COP29
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers will bring their expertise in climate, sustainability and environmental issues to this year’s COP event in...
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New exercise programme to reduce heart disease risk in kidney transplant patients
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A new exercise programme is being developed by researchers at our University, working with Loughborough University and Leicester’s Hospitals, to...
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University lecturer honoured with 2023 British Psychological Society Award
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Dr Jayne Spiller has received the Neil O’Connor Award for her research into sleep and its association with behavioural and emotional symptoms in...
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Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets
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A global study involving academics from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has found that only 12 per cent of individuals with the condition are...
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Researchers set to reduce heart disease risk for kidney transplant patients
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Researchers at our University, working in conjunction with Loughborough University and Leicester’s Hospitals are set to reduce the risk of kidney...
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Landmark diabetes trial tests new treatments to bring back ‘hypo’ awareness
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A trial testing new treatments aimed at restoring warning signs of low blood glucose in people with type 1 diabetes who can no longer perceive...