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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE appointed Chancellor of the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/maggie-aderin-pocock
Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, has joined the University of Leicester as its new Chancellor today (1 March).
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New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases
The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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Leicester cosmic explosion expert among exceptional scientists elected as Royal Society Fellows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/cosmic-explosion-scientist-elected-royal-society-fellow
University of Leicester’s Professor Nial Tanvir receives one of science’s highest honours, recognising a career spent studying the Universe’s brightest and most violent explosions
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New international initiative aims to transform care for Very Preterm Babies and their families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/preterm-babies-research-leicester
A new research project involving the University of Leicester, is bringing experts and families together to develop solutions to improve the lives of very preterm babies
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Appeal Review requests
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/appeals-complaints/academic-appeals/appeal-review-requests
Learn how to request a review of an academic appeal decision at the University of Leicester, including eligibility, procedures, and timelines for submitting an appeal review.
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Shale Gas Research
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/geophysics/projects/shale-gas-research
Find out more about Shale Gas Research at the University of Leicester.
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Sparkenhoe School Direct
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/lead-partners/sparkenhoe
Find out more about Sparkenhoe Community Primary School, which works in partnership with the University of Leicester to deliver our School Direct Primary PGCE.
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Leicester scientists scouring skies for falling fireballs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/fireball-camera
A special camera to detect fireballs has been installed at Space Park Leicester to help recover meteorites when they fall to Earth from outer space.
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Unique project to provide route for Armed Forces into health careers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/armed-forces-allied-health
The project has been led by Amanda Cox, lecturer in Operating Department Practice within the School of Allied Health Professions. She said: “I have a number of family members and friends who have served in the Armed Forces, so creating this project has been close to my heart.
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Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human
University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have joined the programme for the UK’s largest national festival of the humanities.