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First glimpse into the core of a planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/exoplanet-core
The surviving core of a planet has been discovered orbiting a distant star by a team of academics, including University of Leicester astronomers, offering the first ever glimpse inside of a planet.
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Artist to retype famous novel on a single sheet of paper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/artist-to-retype-famous-novel-on-a-single-sheet-of-paper
Kingsley Amis’s celebrated novel ‘Lucky Jim’ will be retyped onto a single sheet of paper at the David Wilson Library between 7-14 March by an artist on a mission to retype one hundred classic novels at locations relevant to the authors’ lives.
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Association of School and College Leaders and University join forces to offer Masters level courses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/association-of-school-and-college-leaders-joins-forces-with-the-university-of-leicester-to-offer-master2019s-level-courses
A unique collaboration between the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the University will offer professional courses leading to Master’s level degrees.
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Using digital tools to publish and promote your project: social media
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/engaging/social-media
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This guide offers advice on using social media to publish and promote your project.
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Cataloguing the AIM archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/01/08/hanna-noor-cataloguing-the-aim-archive/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on January 8, 2020 Guest post from Hana Noor, a former MA Museum Studies student at the University of Leicester, 2019 Some of the AIM papers in the archive store, before processing As part of my...
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Pioneering Leicester researcher ready for ‘mind-blowing’ space images
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/naomi-rowe-gurney
Raised in Newbury, Berskhire – on Watership Down, made famous by the fantasy novel – Naomi is also a pioneer as the first Black woman to receive a PhD from Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-ukrpif-announcement-meteor-funding
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre (METEOR) has received nearly £14 million in funding through Round 6 of Research England’s flagship capital investment scheme,...
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How it works
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/parents/how-it-works
Unless you have just been through the university application process with an older sibling, it can all seem confusing. (And even if you did all this a couple of years ago, it’s worth checking details as some things change from year to year.
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Midlands commission highlights action to address health and care inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/midlands-commission-healthcare-inequalities
Organisations across the Midlands and leading national health charities are collectively launching a policy commission which has the potential to transform the health and care of people across the region by addressing health and care inequalities
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National Space Centre celebrates 20 years in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/space-centre-20
The concept of the National Space Centre was first drawn up in 1994, and soon grew into a joint bid by the University of Leicester and Leicester City Council to the Millennium Commission as a Landmark Millennium Project for the East Midlands.