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Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia
Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.
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Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see
New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.
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How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions
A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.
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Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash
An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.
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Giant rhinos and letters home historical Freshers Weeks at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/giant-rhinos-and-letters-home-historical-freshers2019-weeks-at-our-university
This year our University has launched its Fabulous First Year initiative, including the MyUoL app which allows students to access daily university information in one place including timetables, library search and university news.
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Spectacular views of Red Planet from new space mission analysed by Leicester scientist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/2018spectacular-views2019-of-red-planet-from-new-space-mission-analysed-by-leicester-scientist
A space scientist is involved in analysing the first hi-res images from Mars orbit taken by a new exploratory mission.
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Leicester among best 10 cities in the UK according to new survey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-among-best-10-cities-in-the-uk-according-to-new-survey
Leicester has been named one of the top 10 cities in the UK to live and work in, according to a new study by economists at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
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Expert opinion Juno space mission special
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinion-juno-space-mission-special
NASA's Juno spacecraft is due to arrive at Jupiter on 4 July and Jupiter Orbital Insertion (JOI) begins at 8:18 p.m. PDT (4:18am BST on 5 July).
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Prestigious Fellowship awarded to Leicester Mathematician
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/prestigious-fellowship-awarded-to-leicester-mathematician
Dr Sibylle Schroll from our Department of Mathematics has been awarded a prestigious £1 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Early Career Fellowship to realise her ambitious research program on 'Graphs in Representation Theory'.
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What is a professional doctorate?
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/what-they-are/prof-doctorate
Professional doctorates are equivalent to a PhD but have a focus on a specific professional context, such as social science, medicine or psychology.