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• Scientist behind life-saving cancer research returns to Leicester for honorary award

  Date: 17 July 2025

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  Award-winning scientist Dr Angela Coxon has returned to her old university in Leicester to receive an honorary title.

• Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV

  Date: 4 November 2016

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  Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School  of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive...

• Expert opinions cover British Summer Time and Henry VIIIs six wives

  Date: 23 March 2017

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  PhD students Liz Round and Katie Bridger, from the School of History, Politics and International Relations, debate Lucy Worsley’s ‘Six Wives’...

• University study will look at harmful air pollution in our homes

  Date: 17 December 2025

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  Researchers from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have been awarded £2 million to investigate how harmful particles in the air inside our homes...

• Professor Gordon Campbell elected as fellow of Royal Society of Canada

  Date: 4 September 2025

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  Gordon Campbell, Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Studies at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.

• Leicester lecturer turns spotlight on British country houses Caribbean and East Indian connections

  Date: 12 October 2017

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• Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person

  Date: 29 September 2025

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  Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the...

• Retired hospitals chief is honoured by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ

  Date: 16 January 2026

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  A former leader of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has been recognised for his services to healthcare by the University of...

• India students sign up for new computer science degree that spans two continents

  Date: 10 October 2025

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  Students in India have made history after embarking on a new degree which will see them split their studies between The Apollo University (TAU),...

• China students experience campus life at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

  Date: 13 August 2024

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  Leicester hosts summer school for those studying with the Dalian Leicester Institute (DLI) in China