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Sunday 26th August Sol 20
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/sunday-26th-august-sol-20/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 Since the noble gas analyses by Viking in 1976 we have had the information to recognise meteorites from Mars (now about 60). My favourite martian meteorites are the nakhlites.
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Winchcombe Meteorite on BBC East Midlands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/13/winchcombe-meteorite-on-bbc-east-midlands/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 January 2023 PhD student Niamh Topping on BBC East Midlands last night discussing findings from research taking place into the Winchcombe meteorite fall. You can watch the footage below.
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Peatland protection
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/peatland-protection
Peatlands around the world are being destroyed to make way for plantation development, logging and mining.
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Lord Willetts elected as honorary fellow of the Royal Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/lord-willetts-elected-as-honorary-fellow-of-the-royal-society
Lord Willetts, Chancellor-elect of the University and an honorary graduate, has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He is among eminent personalities who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society for their exceptional contributions to science.
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Getting the Richard III discovery team back together 10 years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/richard-iii-podcast
The team behind the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III has reunited for a podcast series.
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Steering Group
https://le.ac.uk/the-technician-commitment/steering-group
Professor Sarah Davies, Committee Chair Role title: Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering, Professor of Sedimentology Background: I am Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering.
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Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/inclusivity
The sixteenth Sustainable Development Goal is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/infrastructure-innovation
The ninth Sustainable Development Goal is to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.
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First-ever University Challenge champs aim to bring trophy back to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/university-challenge
A team of University of Leicester students will be bidding to bring the BBC University Challenge trophy back to the East Midlands for the first time since 1963.
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MA Museum Studies Placement Week 5-6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/26/ma-museum-studies-placement-week-5-6/
Posted by can19 in Library Special Collections on August 26, 2022 A page by page outline with original drawings for ‘Numbers’ Simple Maths series by Rose Griffiths. I have now completed another two weeks of the placement it is crazy to think how quickly this has gone.