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Report shows top employers target Leicester graduates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/report-shows-top-employers-target-leicester-graduates
A major new report on the graduate job market has revealed that Leicester is ranked as the 25th most targeted university by Times 100 Graduate Employers, who in turn offer some the UK’s highest paid, and most sought after, graduate roles.
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Aerial monitors explore reed die-back condition around lakes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/aerial-monitors-explore-reed-die-back-condition
An international team led by Professor Heiko Baltzer from the Department of Geography has developed a way to increase our understanding of the die-back of reeds throughout Europe - including popular tourist areas - through satellite and aircraft monitoring systems.
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Secrets of our ancient animal ancestors may be revealed through oldest DNA sequences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/secrets-of-our-ancient-animal-ancestors-may-be-revealed-through-oldest-dna-sequences
700 million year-old DNA sequences from ancient animals have been unearthed by researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Warwick, shedding new light on our earliest animal ancestors and how they influenced modern species - including the sponge.
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Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely
An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.
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University to host major conferences in 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/university-to-host-four-conferences-in-2016
The University is preparing to host four major conferences next year in collaboration with Leicester Shire Promotions.
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Engelbert Humperdinck receives new Seat of Learning tribute
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/engelbert-humperdinck-receives-new-seat-of-learning-tribute
Fans of Engelbert Humperdinck have honoured his 50 years in the music industry by sponsoring a reader's chair for the David Wilson Library.
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Anyfin is possible biologist informs BBC Springwatch on sticklebacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/any-fin-is-possible-academic-informs-bbc-springwatch
Biologist Dr Iain Barber has been providing scientific advice to the BBC Springwatch team based on his research into sticklebacks.
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Childhood photographs of Lord Attenborough released to mark anniversary of his death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/remembering-lord-attenborough-on-first-anniversary-of-his-death
This week marks the one year anniversary of the death of Richard Attenborough, who passed away on 24 August 2014.
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Archaeologists investigate threatened Cypriot site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/archaeologists-to-investigate-threatened-cypriot-site
Leicester archaeologists are in a race against time to uncover the heritage of a threatened 1,500-year-old site on a Cyprus shoreline.