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New Centre highlights research into creativity social justice and inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-centre-highlights-research-into-creativity-social-justice-and-inequality
A new research Centre focusing on issues of social injustice both locally and globally is being formed by academics in the Department of Geography.
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Leicester graduate reaches GBBO quarter final
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-graduate-reaches-gbbo-quarter-final
Leicester Economics graduate Benjamina Ebuehi (pictured) has reached the quarter finals of the popular BBC baking show The Great British Bake Off.
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Finance and physics to provide insight into markets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/finance-and-physics-to-provide-insight-into-markets
A new network of researchers led by our University aims to bring together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights...
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Project to provide scientists with access to worlds largest highenergy gammaray observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/project-to-provide-scientists-with-access-to-worlds-largest-high-energy-gamma-ray-observatory
Our University is part of a new project that will provide scientists with access to the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray...
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Influential black and minority ethnic scientists recognised for contributions to society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/influential-black-and-minority-ethnic-scientists-recognised-for-contributions-to-society
Leicester physicists are marking Black History Month by profiling the most influential BME scientists from both history and modern times.
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Psychology students complete placement in Sri Lanka
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-students-complete-mental-health-placement-in-sri-lanka
Over the summer, two Leicester students travelled to Sri Lanka to undertake a voluntary Mental Health Placement with SLV, a graduate-led...
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Competition winners to receive photographs signed by Tim Peake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/competition-winners-to-receive-photographs-signed-by-tim-peake
Children will be awarded their chosen photographs taken by astronauts at a ceremony at the National Space Centre this week.
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One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation
One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to...
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Tim Peake describes the first time he saw Earth from space in new video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/tim-peake-to-receive-an-honorary-degree
The University has conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science upon British astronaut Tim Peake during a visit to the National Space Centre...
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Salt mine in Yorkshire could help to shed light on Martian life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/salt-mine-in-yorkshire-could-help-to-shed-light-on-martian-life
A PhD student is helping to shed light on life on Mars by exploring similar environments on Earth - including an underground salt mine in North...