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Leicester Professor goes platinum for clinical research excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-professor-goes-platinum-for-clinical-research-excellence
A Leicester Professor has been recognised with a Platinum Clinical Excellence Award by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Hockey star to compete at international level
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/hockey-star-to-compete-at-international-level
A student is seeing out her final year at Leicester representing university sporting excellence as part of the 20-strong England Universities women’s hockey team.
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New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.
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Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor
Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, joined the University of Leicester as Chancellor on 1 March 2023.
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Athena SWAN
https://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/about/athena-swan
We are committed to providing an excellent working environment for its staff, and in November 2016 we were successful in achieving our second silver Athena SWAN award - acknowledging our commitment to promoting gender equality in the Department of Health Sciences at Leicester.
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Studying as a mature student: David's story
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/undergraduate/mature-student-stories
"I can still remember filling in my personal statement and pausing only briefly to reflect on why I wanted to read archaeology at Leicester. "It was a long-standing itch that needed scratching" was how I answered that one.
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Divestment
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/divestment
The University of Leicester are pleased to state that, as part of our Climate Strategy, have directly divested from fossil fuels in the management of our endowed funds. Our endowment strategy, managed by Goldman Sachs, is as follows
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Top budgeting tips
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/fees-funding/budgeting
Our students offer you some of their top budgeting tips for managing your money while at university.
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Industry partnerships inspired by University life sciences showcase
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/industry-partnerships-inspired-by-university-life-sciences-showcase
The pioneering, eighteen-month, Industry & Academia Exchange (IAX) programme funded through the Medical Research Council’s Proximity to Discovery Scheme, got underway with an inspiring showcase event at Winstanley House in Leicester.
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Leicester research at national Festival of Social Science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cartoonathon
Three early-career researchers at the University of Leicester have joined forces with a multi-award winning education platform to deliver a unique ‘Cartoonathon’ at a national Festival of Social Science.