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Screaming jelly babies and cannon fire at Salters Festival of Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/screaming-jelly-babies-and-cannon-fire-at-salters2019-festival-of-chemistry
60 students from 15 schools in the East Midlands will enjoy an exciting day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry to be held at the University on Thursday 23 April. Each school will be represented by a team of four 11-13 year olds.
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The history of Leicesters printing press
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/the-history-of-leicesters-printing-press
In a feature entitled 'Printing in Leicester', Dr John Hinks from the Centre for Urban History has discussed the ups and downs of Leicester's printing press throughout history.
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Oadby telescope in black hole study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/oadby-telescope-in-black-hole-study
A telescope in Oadby is playing a crucial part in observing a rare astronomical phenomenon. NASA's Swift satellite detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from the constellation Cygnus on June 15, just before 2:32 p.m. EDT.
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New surgical training resource for junior doctors developed by medical students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/new-surgical-training-resource-for-junior-doctors-developed-by-medical-students
Students Oliver Jones and Michael Bath from the Medical School, working with a team of doctors, have developed a free educational resource for medical students and junior doctors that teaches valuable surgical skills they will need during their training.
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PhD researcher addresses blanket banning of legal highs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/academic-addresses-blanket-banning-of-2018legal-highs2019
Yewande Okuleye from the School of History, alongside researchers from the University of Warwick, addressed the recent UK legislation to ban ‘legal highs’ by instituting a blanket ban on psychoactive substances at an event on Tuesday 17 May.
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Maths graduate wins prestigious Green Gown Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/27-green-gown-awards
For the second year running, the University of Leicester was awarded the Research with Impact - Student award at the Green Gown Awards. Maths graduate James Boyd won with his project calculating the carbon sequestration of our trees.
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Organisations
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn2133
Module code: MN2133 This popular module explores and debates the concept of equity and inclusion in the workplace against a backdrop of growing diversity within the labour force.
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MSc Laboratory Research Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7306
Module code: MB7306 One of the most attractive features of the MSc in Infection and Immunity is the independent laboratory research project which runs for 4 months: 3 months of lab work and then 1 month for writing the dissertation and project presentation.
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Facilities and Technologies
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/facilities-and-technologies
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Nuclear Magnetic Resonance nuclear magnetic resonance equipment in use We are one of the few centres that combines both solution and solid state NMR to answer biological questions X-Ray Crystallography X-Ray Crystallography scientific equipment...
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Dean of Research celebrates awards and nominations
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/news/news/dean-of-research-celebrates-awards-and-nominations
We are hugely pleased that our Dean of Research, Professor Mat Hughes, has recently been longlisted for one award and won another.