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Surviving results day: Clearing, confidence, and finding the right fit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/surviving-results-day-clearing-confidence-finding-right-fit
As thousands of people around the country await their A-level grades, the University of Leicester’s Head of UK Student Recruitment, Dan Flatt, explains the ins and outs of surviving results day.
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New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome
Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.
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Leicester unveils new £24m renovated Students’ Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/percy-gee-launch
The newly renovated £24m Percy Gee building – home to the University of Leicester’s Students’ Union – was officially unveiled at a ceremony on Tuesday.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-cooldown
Dr Henrik Melin is the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) James Webb Fellow at the University of Leicester.
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Students get the University of Leicester experience thanks to Royal Thai Government scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/university-leicester-royal-thai-government-scholarship
Fifty one students from Thailand spent six weeks at the University of Leicester after securing a scholarship from the Royal Thai Government.
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Leicester-led trial shows less invasive cardiac procedure works as well as surgery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-tavi-cardiac-trial
A nationwide study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), assessing a less invasive procedure that addresses a common heart problem has shown that it is just as effective as surgery.
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Pompeii’s pungent past earns Leicester student prestigious Roman Society prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/award-dissertation-pompeii-roman-fullonica
University of Leicester student Molly Mather has won the Roman Society’s MA Dissertation Prize for revealing how Roman laundries in Pompeii managed pungent smells.
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Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/14/astronomers-discover-four-new-hot-jupiters/
Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’
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Come with us if you want to live [digitally]!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/11/09/come-with-us-if-you-want-to-live-digitally/
Posted by vanderenden in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 9, 2018 With a new T-shirt (hence the Terminator reference) and a new theme (assessment and feedback) the Digital Innovation Partnership is back with a bang.
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Why Not… Join the Conversation on Discord?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/20/why-not-join-the-conversation-on-discord/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 November 2020 Undergraduate students in the School of Physics and Astronomy run the “To Infinity and Beyond” Discord server, open to all to maintain a strong community during the months of lockdown.