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Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift
University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than anything NASA’s Swift mission has seen before.
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The Grey Friars – a brief history
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/grey-friars-history
The history of the Grey Friars site from its beginnings in 1224 to the thing it is best known for - Richard III’s burial in the church choir in 1485.
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Student Awards 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/student-awards-2018-1
Last night, students and staff gathered at Stamford Court for our annual Student Awards- where the individuals, groups and societies who have made exceptional contributions to the University and the wider community over the past year are celebrated.
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Revealing branching time in single-cell omics data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-revealing-branching-time-mathematics
STREAM logo STREAM logo| New single-cell omics technology allows scientists to analyse cell development in ways that were not previously possible.
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Perpetual Atomics and QSA Global achieve breakthrough in americium ceramic fuel pelleting for space power systems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/perpetual-atomics-qsa-global-americium-ceramic-fuel-pelleting
University spin-out works with QSA Global to develop a ceramic americium pellet via an industrially scalable method that can be directly integrated into sealed power-systems
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Pilot programme for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease will be expanded following its success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/lucid
A pilot programme for people living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) is helping to revolutionise patient care and could be rolled out elsewhere
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Leicester is named Daily Mail University of the Year 2025
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/daily-mail-award
The University of Leicester has been crowned the Daily Mail University of the Year 2025.
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Apprenticeship investments ‘pivotal to prosperity’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/apprenticeship-investments
In light of National Apprenticeship Week, the University of Leicester has affirmed its commitment to the future economic prosperity of its city, by revealing an ongoing investment in ‘learn while you earn’ staff apprenticeship schemes.
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Final poppy wreaths to be laid as University of Leicester honours region’s wartime sacrifices
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/poppy-pilgrimage-2022
18 poppy wreaths will be laid by University of Leicester at war memorials across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.