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Dr Paul Ian Campbell wins BERA Educational Research Book of the Year
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Dr Paul Ian Campbell's book, Race and Assessment in Higher Education, has won the British Educational Research Association (BERA)'s Educational...
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Clinical trial looks at new ways to treat people living with severe aortic stenosis
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New research at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), could change the way people living with a debilitating...
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Outstanding teaching and collaboration at Leicester recognised with higher education’s most prestigious awards
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Two Â鶹ÊÓƵ academics receive National Teaching Fellowships while student-staff initiative MedRACE (Raising Awareness, Celebrating...
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150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists have identified two extraordinary new fossils - tiny prehistoric flying reptiles, pterosaurs, with broken wings
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ rolls out £5m programme to combat cardiovascular burden among older adults in India
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ has joined forced with New Delhi’s Centre for Chronic Disease Control to roll out a £5m trial aimed at improving the...
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Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting
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A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking...
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UK delegation travels to India to meet first cohort studying Apollo-Leicester course
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A Â鶹ÊÓƵ delegation travelled to India to meet the very first cohort of students on a degree which will see them split their...
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Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi conferred Â鶹ÊÓƵ honorary professorship
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Her Excellency Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi awarded Â鶹ÊÓƵ honorary professorship for global impact in literacy, culture, and women’s...
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Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world
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Ancient Historian at Â鶹ÊÓƵ reveals that the Rutland mosaic depicts an alternative telling of the Trojan War to Homer’s Iliad,...
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Leicester sponsors Special Recognition award at the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards 2016
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Our University has sponsored an award that recognises the role that ex-professional footballer Paul Elliott has played in improving diversity and...