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Scientists involved in discovery of origins of ghost particles in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/scientists-involved-in-discovery-of-origins-of-ghost-particles-in-space
Scientists from our University have played a key role in a momentous discovery about the origins of ‘ghostly’ particles from the distant universe that bombard Earth from billions of light years away.
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Reach for the stars with Leicester at GREAT Festival of Innovation 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/reach-for-the-stars-with-leicester-at-great-festival-of-innovation-2018
The University of Leicester will bring the wonders of the Universe to Hong Kong as part of the UK government’s GREAT Festival of Innovation, which launches its fifty-day countdown from today (30 January).
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Scientists home in on a potential Anthropocene Golden Spike in new research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/scientists-home-in-on-a-potential-anthropocene-2018golden-spike2019-in-new-research
The international working group, which includes geologists Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters, from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment and archaeologist Matt Edgeworth has, since 2009, been analysing the case for formalisation of the...
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Event to unravel Europes migration crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/event-to-unravel-europe2019s-2018migration-crisis2019
An upcoming event at our University will shed light on the lived experiences of migrants travelling across Europe in order to stimulate dialogue on migration, citizenship and belonging.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-carceral-archipelago/people
Project team Professor Clare Anderson Principal Investigator (British and French Empires) Ms Rachel Dawes Project Administrator Dr Christian De Vito Research Associate (Spain, Portugal and Latin America), 2013-18 Dr Lorraine Paterson Research Associate...
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New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/years-honours-professor-paul-boyle-and-professor-melanie-davies-awarded-cbes
Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, has been appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 22 30 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-22-29-april
Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the Civil Safety and Security Unit has written a piece for Think: Leicester where she discusses how a well-co-ordinated national, international and community based effort is urgently needed to facilitate the recovery and restoration phases in Nepal.
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New academy aims to change nature of health care for older people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-academy-aims-to-change-nature-of-health-care-for-older-people
A new academy has been set up in Leicester that hopes to tackle the challenges of ageing and change the nature of health care for older people.
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Excavation of Roman Cemetery nominated for national archaeology award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/excavation-of-roman-cemetery-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award
For the second year running a project led by Leicester archaeologists has been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards, this year in the category ‘Rescue Project of the Year’.
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UK first heart operations using novel system at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/uk-first-heart-operations-using-novel-system-at-leicester
The UK’s first heart operations using a novel software platform to pinpoint the source of the heart condition have been carried out in Leicester thanks to research at the University.