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Tree-mendous effort from Tom and his volunteers helps transform Leicester’s leafy oasis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/arboretum
A green oasis of calm nestled away in suburban Leicester is benefiting from the work of one University of Leicester man and his small band of volunteers.
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Indexing the Press Cuttings Books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/01/22/indexing-the-press-cuttings-books/
Posted by Helen Ward in Library Special Collections on January 22, 2018 Among the items held in the University of Leicester Institutional Archives are a series of Press Cuttings.
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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/wolf-hall-thomas-more-and-the-turks
Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life, including diction, with what he describes as 'outstanding' historical accuracy.
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Shaun Cowley
https://le.ac.uk/people/shaun-cowley
The academic profile of Professor Shaun Cowley, Professor of Molecular Biology at University of Leicester
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Careers and Employability Service
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/career-development-service
Our Career Development Service is here to provide you with insight into a range of careers, and give you the best student experience and support.
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Leicester staff celebrate victory for the blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-staff-celebrate-victory-for-the-blues
Not content with showing their true-blue colours in advance of Leicester City Football club’s arguably season-clinching game on Sunday, our staff are celebrating the local football heroes’ confirmed Premier League victory on Monday in a variety of ways.
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Botanic Garden Festival
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-festival
The Botanic Garden will be alive with music, workshops, talks, arts and crafts, children’s activities, entertainment, food stalls and more this August.
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A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research
A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of immune cells contributes towards the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
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University of Leicester student engineer ‘excels’ to score top awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sam-raviraja-award
Third-year University of Leicester student Samiksha Raviraja wins ‘Engineering Student of the Year’ – and is recognised for ‘Overall Excellence in Engineering’
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The face of a king
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/what-we-know-now/face-of-a-king
After the bones had been scanned, a 3D scan of the skull was sent to the University of Dundee where the muscles and skin were modelled using a computer process known as stereolithography.