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Author’s insight into library of ancient wisdom to be explored at Literary Leicester festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/selena-wisnom-literary-leicester-book-talk
An expert in Middle Eastern heritage will be giving a free talk about a once-lost library of ancient wisdom, as part of the Literary Leicester festival.
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Former Finnish Prime Minister discusses Erasmus experience at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/former-finnish-prime-minister-discusses-erasmus-experience-at-our-university
In a new video, Jyrki Katainen, the European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, has discussed his Erasmus experience at our University and what impact the programme had on his professional career.
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Success for student entrepreneur in national space challenge competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/success-for-student-entrepreneur-in-national-space-challenge-competition
A Leicester student is among only nine young space entrepreneurs to have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.
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The curse of zombie fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-curse-of-zombie-fossils
New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose and lose body parts as they decay - and the ways in which decayed bodies ultimately become fossilised.
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31st July 2014 Sol 705
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/31/31st-july-2014-sol-705/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 31, 2014 We have been analysing the Windjana drill tailings for over 2 months now and have just dumped the drill tailings.
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Dickens codebreakers recognised at Higher Education ‘Oscars’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/the-awards-2022
The Dickens Code project, led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with the University of Foggia, takes home a Times Higher Education Award.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/11/15/transgender-day-of-remembrance/
Posted by Emma Parker in School of English Blog on November 15, 2013 20 November marks Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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Leicester choir wins University Gospel Choir of the Year competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-choir-wins-university-gospel-choir-of-the-year-competition
Leicester University Voices (LUV), a choir comprising members of the Leicester University Gospel Choir (LUGC) has won the national finals of the University Gospel Choir of the Year competition, which took place on Saturday 14 March at the Hippodrome, North London.
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Joe Ortons celebrated play Loot to be explored 50 years after premiere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/joe-orton2019s-celebrated-play-loot-to-be-explored-50-years-after-premiere
A two-day celebration of Joe Orton's Loot organised by a University of Leicester academic marks 50 years since the London premiere of his ‘comedy of horrors’.
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Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’ and what impact it will leave behind on the planet’s fossil record.