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Students calculate how much of the Amazon would be required to print the Internet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/students-calculate-how-much-of-the-amazon-would-be-required-to-print-the-internet
Students from the The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have calculated how much paper would be required to physically print the Internet as we know it - and have worked out that despite the Internet’s enormous size less than 1 per cent of the Amazon rainforest’s...
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Conference explores how death can be the beginning - not the end
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/conference-questions-when-death-truly-takes-place
A three day international and interdisciplinary conference took place between 16-18 April which explored themes around death and dying and how our departure from this life may not be as set in stone as may be assumed.
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HeForShe celebrates two years of movement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/heforshe-celebrates-two-years-of-movement
To mark the second anniversary of UN Women’s HeForShe movement, world leaders, change-makers, activists and celebrities will unite at a special event hosted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City later this evening.
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Leicester team wins inaugural race in Formula 1 aerodynamics competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-team-wins-inaugural-race-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-competition
A Leicester team has taken pride of place in an international Formula 1 aerodynamics competition.
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Two Leicester student societies shortlisted for national awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/two-student-societies-shortlisted-for-national-awards
Two University of Leicester student societies have been shortlisted for the National Societies Awards to be held on Saturday 4 June at UWE Bristol.
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Mayor of Oadby and Wigston views world-class research at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/07-oadby-wigston-mayoral-visit
The Mayor of Oadby and Wigston, Councillor David Carter, accompanied by his consort, Mrs Janet Carter, viewed first-hand the world-class research into neurodegenerative diseases at the University of Leicester.
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Out of this world art needed for iconic space hub’s new mission patch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/mission-patch
Space Park Leicester invites inviting children, young people or adults with a love of space to help design their new mission patch.
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Landmark Poetry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/landmark-poetry
On Wednesday 9 May, celebrated writer and broadcaster Lemn Sissay MBE will be discussing Landmark Poetry at the University of Leicester’s 7th Annual Creative Writing Lecture. Lemn Sissay is the author of several books of poetry alongside articles, records, public art, and plays.
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A new union supports struggling artists in times of austerity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-a-new-union-supports-struggling-artists-in-times-of-austerity
Latest University of Leicester CAMEo Cuts edition exposes the dire working conditions of many artists and explains how Artists’ Union England, a new trade union for artists, campaigns for improvements
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Britishness and diverse communities in a post-Brexit world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-britishness-and-diverse-communities-in-a-post-brexit-world
Lord Parekh to discuss the crisis of British identity for University of Leicester public lecture on 1 November