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University historian drives successful campaign for Leicestershire flag
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/leicestershire-flag
Professor Shipley formed the idea of establishing a flag for Leicestershire in 2014, when he noticed that around half of England’s 39 historic counties had adopted flags in the previous decade or so, and that soon Leicestershire would be one of the few without one.
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Leicester students win out of this world competition for satellite ideas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/satellife
A team of students from Leicester has won thousands of pounds in a competition run by the UK Space Agency calling for innovative ideas on how satellites can improve life on Earth.
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Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality
Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt across the globe. Air quality is a measure of pollutants and other harmful particulates in the air that we breathe.
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East Midlands Universities unite in support for Armed Forces Covenant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/07-armed-forces
Representatives from all nine universities in the East Midlands gathered at the University of Leicester on Friday to re-sign the Armed Forces Covenant.
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Arabic for those who already can read it
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/arabic/arabic-for-readers
Arabic course for readers at Leicester University
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Pre-16
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Discover the range of activities we offer for students under 16
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Teachers and careers advisers
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The Future Students Office provides expert information, advice and guidance to students, parents and teachers, wherever you are in the world.
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University Leadership Team:
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/
Menu Close University Leadership Team International Women’s Day – The Gender Pay Gap at the University of Leicester Posted by on March 8, 2017 Today March 8th 2017 marks International Women’s Day.
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News archive 2019
https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2019
Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2019.
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AboutUs
https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us
Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.