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Heritage panels telling history of Leicester to be installed around city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/heritage-panels-telling-history-of-leicester-to-be-installed-around-city
Colin Hyde at the East Midlands Oral History Archive has written the text for forty heritage panels that are being installed around Leicester.
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Leicester film expert determines that James Bond would be celebrating his 100th birthday this year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-film-expert-determines-that-james-bond-would-be-celebrating-his-100th-birthday-this-year
2018 marks the 100th birthday of secret agent James Bond, according to Professor James Chapman from our School of Arts.
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Film screening and QA with Leverhulme Artist in Residence for International Womens Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/film-screening-and-q-a-with-leverhulme-artist-in-residence-for-international-womens-day
As part of International Women’s Day at our University, Kajal Nisha Patel, Leverhulme Artist in Residence (2016), will be in conversation with Dr Melanie Kennedy from the University’s School of Media, Communication and Sociology.
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Jupiter's crowning glory
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/jupiter
On 5 July 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered a polar orbit around Jupiter – 13 years after Leicester’s Professor Stan Cowley became attached to the project as Co-Investigator.
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America’s complicated relationship with healthcare explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/transformed-states
The final book in Professor Martin Halliwell's series on healthcare in the United States will be published on 15 November 2024.
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Margaret Byron
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/margaret-byron
Margaret has held full-time teaching posts in Higher Education for almost 30 years, teaching Geography at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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The Leicester Weekend University welcomes public to its biggest reunion yet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-leicester-weekend-university-welcomes-public-to-its-biggest-reunion-yet
We are inviting staff, students, alumni, family and friends and the local community to celebrate our biggest reunion to date – ‘The Leicester Weekend 2016’.
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Events to explore the fight for equality power politics and inspirational figures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-equality-power-politics-and-inspirational-figures
The University is celebrating Black History Month 2015 by hosting a number of free public events throughout October.
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Honorary graduates January 2018 Maggie Philbin
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/honorary-graduates-january-2018-maggie-philbin
Maggie Philbin, presenter of the much-loved children’s TV show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop and science and technology programme Tomorrow’s World, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from our University at our graduation ceremonies on Thursday 25 January.
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Crime writer and creator of Inspector Morse dies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/crime-writer-and-creator-of-inspector-morse-dies
The University has learnt of the death of the author Colin Dexter, most famous for creating the character of Inspector Morse and the series of thirteen novels that he features in.