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Flexible degrees offered by Leicester
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Leicester is pioneering its ‘Pathways’ programme, which it believes will provide the most flexible curriculum in the UK, with students able to...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 22 July
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This week Professor Panos Vostanis from the School of Psychology has written an article for The Conversation discussing how Greece's troubled...
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Harnessing the power of rain
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Physics students taking the Physics Special Topics module have investigated how viable rainfall is as a source of energy - particularly in...
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Leicester scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock
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A new study led by the University of Leicester will investigate the how the length of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres play a part in the...
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Physics students win Stewardson essay prizes for creative papers
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This year the Department of Physics and Astronomy has awarded two prizes – the Stewardson essay prizes – to students for their Physics Special...
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How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion
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The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for...
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DOCK businesses targeted for university-business collaborations
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As part of a drive to encourage collaborations between local innovation businesses and the University, the Enterprise and Business Development...
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University staff and students feature in FT testimonies
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Staff and students from the University's School of Management feature in a new video series from the Financial Times.
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Unravelling the Minion genome
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Based on what we know of the minions from the popular Despicable Me films – and the Minions movie current playing at cinemas – they could, in...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 9 15 July
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Dr Geoffrey Belknap (pictured)Â from the School of English has written an opinion piece for Think: Leicester about how members of the public can...