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Scholarships offer for Museum Studies students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/scholarships-offer-for-museum-studies-students
Our world-leading School of Museum Studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary by offering a total of six scholarships to prospective students worth a total of £18,000.
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Tribute to former Leicester Vice-Chancellor Ken Edwards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/ken-edwards
The University of Leicester’s fourth Vice-Chancellor, who was instrumental in strengthening the leadership of the University and described as a ‘man to make things happen’, has died.
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Emeritus Professor Peter Harvey
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/peter-harvey
We have learned the sad news that Professor Peter Harvey, Emeritus Professor in Geomathematics in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment passed away on 10 January 2024.
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Richard III gave battle in sand
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-gave-battle-in-sand
A time-lapse video showing the creation of a sand sculpture depicting the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 has been captured by the University of Leicester.
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Leicester among universities that produce most business leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-among-universities-that-produce-most-business-leaders
Data analysed by crowdsourced salary comparison website Emolument has ranked all UK universities and placed the University of Leicester 8th for where graduates are most likely to lead to top management positions.
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Leicester academic featured in prestigious publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-academic-featured-in-prestigious-publication
The work of a University academic on Middle East Politics has featured in the Harvard International Review (HIR). Dr Marianna Charountaki is lecturer in Kurdish Politics and International Relations in the School of History, Politics and International Relations.
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Leicesters Engineering Building features on British Library website
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicesters-engineering-building-features-on-british-library-website
Niamh Dillon from the British Library has recently written a short article on James Gowan and the engineering building for the British Library Website. This article features a unique recording of one of the building's architect's- James Gowan.
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Plans for Manor Road – an update for the community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/plans-manor-road-oadby-responding-community
The University of Leicester is taking part in Oadby and Wigston Borough Council's Local Plan process.
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University fires up UK higher education with 'ignite'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/ignite-launch
The university that embraced distance learning in the UK more than 25 years ago has become one of the nation’s first to launch a fully flexible, dual learning approach to its courses from September, which will see students take more control over their approach to learning...
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Leicester economist in discussion with Nobel Prize winner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-economists-in-discussion-with-nobel-prize-winner
A Nobel Prize winner and University of Leicester Professor have been featured in a new report on rationality and decision making.