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                    Celebrating graduation photos videos and more onlinehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/celebrating-graduation-photos-videos-and-more-online Congratulations to all of the students who have graduated last week and to the distinguished leaders who received honorary degrees from the University at our degree ceremonies from 11 - 14 July. 
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                    Leicester student skydives from 10000 feet to raise money for charity founded by the man who saved her lifehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-student-skydives-from-10-000-feet-to-raise-money-for-charity-founded-by-the-man-who-saved-her-life Student from our University and unequivocal star of the summer Abbie Brown skydived from 10,000 feet in August to raise money for children’s charity ‘Chain of Hope’- an organisation that has a very personal connection to her. 
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                    Expert opinions cover a nodeal Brexit finding Beagle 2 Donald Trump psychologist Hans Eysenck and the rising breast cancer rate in Chinahttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/expert-opinions-cover-a-2018no-deal2019-brexit-finding-beagle-2-donald-trump-psychologist-hans-eysenck-and-the-rising-breast-cancer-rate-in-china With the Prime Minister’s recent suggestion of a 'no-deal' Brexit, Professor Panicos Demetriades from our School of Business uses his experience as governor of the central bank of Cyprus to reflect upon the issues with this idea. 
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                    Project to explore how survival of British hedgehogs is affected by changing climatehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/project-to-explore-how-survival-of-british-hedgehogs-is-affected-by-changing-climate Researchers from our University will be exploring how the UK’s changing climate could be affecting the survival of British hedgehogs as part of a new project to protect endangered animal species. 
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                    The outlawed Shrove Tuesday tradition of Leicesterhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-outlawed-shrove-tuesday-tradition-of-leicester Shrove Tuesday – taking place this year on 28 February – often involves the flipping of savoury and sweet pancakes, but prior to 1846 the city of Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating the event. 
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                    University investment in research talent at the cutting edge of sciencehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-investment-in-research-talent-at-the-cutting-edge-of-science Fresh investment into postgraduate research at the University of Leicester will nurture a cohort of scientists with expert knowledge and advanced skills, developed through investigating current problems and new developments in science and technology. 
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                    Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settingshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes. 
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                    Section 8 - University Staffhttps://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/statutes/staff Read Section 8 of our Statutes, entitled University Staff. This section outlines staff procedures of dismissal, disciplinary action and freedom of speech. 
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                    Mary Curnock Cook CBEhttps://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/mary-curnock-cook Building on a successful executive career, leading strategic transformation and growth, Mary has a portfolio of non-executive education-related roles including chairing the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology and Pearson’s UK qualifications business, and as a... 
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                    Dr Chris Bayliss' projectshttps://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/phd-projects/bayliss Browse the PhD projects offered for supervision by Dr Chris Bayliss in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.