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Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics
The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.
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World cricket diversity champion awarded Honorary Degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/wasim-khan
A former cricketer who has championed widening participation among the next generation of cricket stars has been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Leicester at a ceremony today (Tuesday 18 January).
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Leicester welcomes its world-changing Future 50 researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/future-50-research-students
The next generation of world-changing researchers was given a warm welcome by the University of Leicester this week.
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University of Leicester’s new support for parents of babies born premature or requiring neonatal care awarded charter mark
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/employer-with-heart-neonatal-leave
The University of Leicester has been recognised for its support of parents of premature babies and those who required neonatal care with the Employer with Heart charter mark from the charity The Smallest Things.
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Charles Phythian-Adams
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/charles-phythian-adams
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, former Head of the Department of English Local History (now the Centre for Regional and Local History), who passed away on 13 May 2025.
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Kontakte and Other Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/10/01/kontakte-and-other-stories/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on October 1, 2014 My short story collection, Kontakte and Other Stories , which was first published in July 2013, has now been republished by Roman Books in a new second edition.
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Significant weight loss and blood sugar control seen in patients with type 2 diabetes following new medication combination
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/diabetes
An international team, including the Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), that studied the combined effects of semaglutide with cagrilintide (CagriSema) in people with type 2 diabetes, has revealed...
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Financial concerns lead to symptoms of depression in healthcare workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/healthcare-workers
Financial concerns among healthcare workers are a driving factor for declining mental health.
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Dissection Room short courses
https://le.ac.uk/cls/facilities/dissecting-room
Information about the Dissecting Room at Leicester Medical School
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Distant supermassive black hole shows high velocity sign of over-eating
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/distant-supermassive-black-hole-high-velocity-over-eating-770
University of Leicester scientists describe how the capture of new matter - lasting a few days and corresponding to several Earth masses - formed a ring around the hole, before being partly swallowed by the hole, with excess matter ejected as a high velocity wind.