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Students Union pays tribute to victims of the Paris terror attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/students-union-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-the-paris-terror-attacks
People gathered at the Clock Tower in Leicester on Sunday evening to remember those killed and injured in the Paris terrorist attacks on Friday 13 November.
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The Reverend Canon Angela Tilby to speak on Work Wealth and Human Flourishing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-reverend-canon-angela-tilby-to-speak-on-2018work-wealth-and-human-flourishing2019
The Reverend Canon Angela Tilby (pictured) will present this year’s Provost Derek Hole Annual Lecture which will take place in the Rattray Lecture Theatre on Thursday 3 December at 5.30pm and is free and open to the public.
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Celebrating 25 years of Hubble
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/celebrating-25-years-of-the-hubble
On 24 April 1990, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today
Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...
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Social media to create earlywarning systems to combat future disasters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/social-media-to-create-2018early-warning-systems2019-to-combat-future-disasters
Researchers from the Department of Media and Communication are examining how communities can use social media to improve their resilience to both human-made and natural disasters – such as the recent Nepal earthquake or the sinking of ships that left thousands...
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A change of scenery mankinds unprecedented transformation of Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/a-change-of-scenery-mankind2019s-unprecedented-transformation-of-earth
Human beings are pushing the planet in an entirely new direction with revolutionary implications for its life, a new study by researchers from the Department of Geology and published in The Anthropocene Review suggests.
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New Friends of the Botanic Garden talks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-friends-of-the-botanic-garden-talks
In March the Friends of the Garden begin a new series of informal talks to complement their evening winter lecture programme. These will be held on Wednesdays at the Botanic Garden, in the Knoll House.
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New exhibit to reveal latest research on Richard IIIs DNA and ancestry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-exhibit-to-reveal-latest-research-on-richard-iiis-dna-and-ancestry
A new exhibit at the Science Museum in London has revealed the latest scientific discoveries about the life, death and DNA of King Richard III.
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Students awarded further funding to develop innovative mobile app
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/museum-studies-master2019s-students-awarded-further-funding-to-develop-innovative-mobile-app
A team from the University of Leicester has been announced as Summer of Student Innovation winners, bagging funding and support develop their edtech idea in collaboration with Jisc – a UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital...
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor joins team assessing Higher Education teaching quality UK-wide
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/pro-vice-chancellor-joins-team-assessing-higher-education-teaching-quality-uk-wide
Professor Jon Scott, our University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience, is among the appointments announced by HEFCE to its Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) panel which includes academics, students, employers and widening participation experts.