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Airbus Intelligence relocating to Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/24-airbus-space-park
artist impression of space park campus|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Airbus plans to relocate their Leicestershire-based Earth Observation expert team to Space Park Leicester when their current lease expires.
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University volunteers plant thousands of bulbs at Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/botanic-garden-crocus-plant-nick-bailey
Green fingered volunteers are helping to plant 80,000 crocus bulbs in Leicester’s Botanic Garden this week
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Conference shows how empathy can help patients and healthcare professionals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/empathy-conference-leicester-patients
A major conference in Leicester has shown how using empathy in healthcare consultations can improve outcomes for both patients and clinicians
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President and Vice-Chancellor: New Government’s stance on international students echoes the warm welcome offered at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/international-students
President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leicester Professor Nishan Canagarajah gives a message to international students and colleagues - be in no doubt: you are welcome at Leicester.
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International Women’s Day marked by research leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/international-womens-day-validate-leicester
Andrea Cooper, from the University of Leicester’s School of Biological Sciences, is celebrating the vital work of research network, VALIDATE, as part of International Women’s Day (8 March).
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University of Leicester celebrates double success at 2026 GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/nishan-canagarajah-kamlesh-khunti-gg2-leadership-diversity-awards
University of Leicester celebrates double success at the 2026 GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards, with Dr Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Sir Nishan Canagarajah both honoured in London.
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Charnwood Forest villagers to uncover hidden history in their own gardens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/charnwood-community-archaeology-dig
Discover how Charnwood Forest villagers are uncovering hidden history through community archaeology digs in gardens and public spaces this May.
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Management research training
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/research-degrees/management-research-training
Find out about research training modules for research degrees at the University of Leicester School of Business. Research training for postgraduate research programmes is delivered by the Social Sciences Doctoral Research Training centre (SSDRT).
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Glynis Wright MBE
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/glynnis-wright
Dr Glynis Wright MBE is an alumna of the University of Leicester and a well-known businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 to train for the legal profession.
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Mital Thanki
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-one-winter-2021/mital-thanki
Mital started her career as a science teacher and tutor in 2009. Disenchanted with bureaucratic constrains on innovation in schools and the quality of tuition in the 'after-school' education market, she went on to establish her company, Spark Academy in 2011.