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UK Space Agency establishes Midlands base at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/space-agency-regional-office
University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park to host regional office, part of national expansion aimed to enable UK Space Agency to collaborate more closely with the UK’s thriving space sector
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Sarah Wood
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/sarah_wood/
Assistant Archivist
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John Coffey
https://le.ac.uk/people/john-coffey
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Royal honour for Masters student
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/royal-honour-for-masters-student
James Hempsall, who this term began an MA in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy in our Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, has been awarded an OBE in recognition of his services to childcare in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, and was recently presented with his...
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Leicester staff member to appear on Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-sky-portrait-artist-of-the-year-megan-mcmullan
04GBRu357rQ|University of Leicester’s Megan McMullan will make her TV debut competing against other amateur artists on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019. University of Leicester Porter Megan McMullan will feature on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019.
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University students work with injured soldiers in unique archaeological project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-students-work-with-injured-soldiers-in-unique-archaeological-project
A unique collaboration between archaeologists and injured Service personnel sees them pitted in a race against time to discover the secrets of an ancient Roman harbour in Cyprus before they are lost forever to the sea.
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University buildings renamed after English Premier League Champions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-buildings-renamed-after-english-premier-league-champions
For one day only our University will rename its buildings after the Leicester City Football squad in celebration of their remarkable Premier League success and to show its support on the day of the team’s victory parade.
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11000 years shown in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-loss-over-the-last-11-000-years-shown-in-new-study
An international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and involving our University has shown that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years.
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Joe Orton: Behind the playwright
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...
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A garden fit for a king
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/a-garden-fit-for-a-king
The University’s Special Collections houses an exceptional collection of rare books and prints from the 17th century, which throws light on the life of diarist and writer John Evelyn, who documented major events during his lifetime – including the last major epidemic of the...