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Major international conference on adult education coming to the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/major-international-conference-on-adult-education-coming-to-the-university-of-leicester
The Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA) will be hosted by the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester in July 2016.
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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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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 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.
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PhD students present forensic research at prestigious international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-students-present-forensic-research-at-prestigious-international-conference
Students from the INTREPID Forensics programme, based at the University of Leicester, presented their work at the 2nd Congress of the European Division of the International Association of Identification (IAI), which was held at the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon, France on...
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Winners of short story competition celebrate their success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/winners-of-short-story-competition-celebrate-their-success
The winners of the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning Short Story Competition 2015 have been announced. David Marriott took the £300 first prize in the adult writers’ category. Isabella Guzy-Kirkden won the junior competition prize of £100.
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Japanese manga series to showcase women in the sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/japanese-manga-series-to-showcase-women-in-the-sciences
Dr Ana Verissimo from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences is combining her love for Japanese art with her passion for the sciences by launching a campaign to create the first instalment in a new manga series.
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Leicester professor elected fellow of prestigious Academy of Social Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-professor-teela-sanders-fellow-academy-social-science
A University of Leicester academic has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.