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University contributes to major report on international research mobility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-contributes-to-major-report-on-international-research-mobility
Dr Maggy Heintz (pictured), Research and Business Development Manager (Science and Engineering) at our University, has contributed to a major Royal Society report on international research mobility.
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Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat
Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.9M that have been awarded funding by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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Students awaken the science of Star Wars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars
Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...
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New online feature Access to arts and culture is a basic human right
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/new-online-feature-access-to-arts-and-culture-is-a-basic-human-right
On Friday 6 February 2015, Michael Attenborough CBE (pictured), well-known theatre director, honorary graduate and son of the late Lord Attenborough braved the cold weather to attend the official start of a build project to create one of the largest dedicated contemporary...
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University ProViceChancellor to speak on researchs local impact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/university-pro-vice-chancellor-to-speak-on-research2019s-local-impact
The University of Leicester is a partner in the first TEDx Leicester event, which will include Professor Kevin Schϋrer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise, among its speakers. TED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
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Winner of Leicester competition to receive photograph from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/winner-of-leicester-competition-to-receive-photograph-from-space
Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...
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Study suggests ancient communities resisted farming practices
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-ancient-communities-resisted-farming-practices
Research involving Leicester researchers has uncovered new evidence of lifestyles thousands of years ago.
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Jupiter awaits Junos arrival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiter-awaits-juno2019s-arrival
Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno’s target, a week ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival at the giant planet.
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How Muhammad Ali changed the way we see sport
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/how-muhammad-ali-changed-the-way-we-see-sport
Muhammad Ali, who passed away last week at the age of 74, changed the way we see sport and the inequalities that both feed and dramatise it, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Tor Clark joins BBC Radio Leicester panel on election night
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-tor-on-radio
Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism in our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, will be part of the BBC Radio Leicester live election broadcast team tonight.