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Leicester is founding signatory for new pledge to support technicians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-is-founding-signatory-for-new-pledge-to-support-technicians
Today, more than 35 universities and research institutions from across the UK – including the University of Leicester - have backed a pledge to support their technicians.
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Astrophysicist to visit Kazakhstan to watch astronaut Tim Peake make British space exploration history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/astrophysicist-prepares-to-visit-kazakhstan-to-watch-astronaut-tim-peake-make-british-space-exploration-history
Martin Barstow, University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science from the Department of Physics and Astronomy will have a front row seat when British astronaut Tim Peake makes history by...
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Geologist to monitor effects of controlled demolition near former city council HQ
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/geologist-to-monitor-effects-of-controlled-demolition-near-former-city-council-hq
University geologist Dr David Hawthorn will be setting up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition of the site planned for this weekend. Dr David Hawthorn is a seismologist in our Department of Geology.
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Winners of short story competition announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/short-story-competition-winners-receive-their-prizes
The winners of the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning Short Story Competition have been announced.
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Leicester champions inaugural city Business Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-champions-inaugural-city-business-festival
As part of our ongoing ambitions to raise the profile of the University of Leicester, particularly in relation to business and industry, the University is proud to be the Headline Sponsor for the inaugural Leicester Business Festival.
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Was Richard IIIs scoliosis kept a secret until his death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/was-richard-iiis-scoliosis-kept-a-secret-until-his-death
Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University archaeologists discovered his skeleton in a car park in August 2012.
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Conference to focus on producing graduates with skills employers seek
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/conference-to-focus-on-producing-graduates-with-skills-employers-seek
The University is enlisting the help of graduate recruiters and employer representatives to identify how its curricula can encourage students to develop the “soft skills” needed in the work place.
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New joint venture to tackle air pollution announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-joint-venture-to-tackle-air-pollution-announced
EarthSense Systems, a new joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and our University, is set to spearhead innovations in air quality monitoring.
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Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man
Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what the round mounds of the Isle of Man, and associated burials, people and artefacts, can tell us about life on the island...
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Leicesters everevolving literary festival receives important Arts Council grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicesters-ever-evolving-literary-festival-receives-important-arts-council-grant
Literary Leicester, a leading festival of the written and spoken word organised by our University, opens in Leicester next month (November), with a glittering line-up of events that are free and open to the public.