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Leicester’s league table rise shows students really dig their digs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/uni-compare
Satisfied students who are impressed with their accommodation are behind the University of Leicester’s dramatic rise in a national league table.
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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Last chance for frontline healthcare workers to register for flagship empathy course
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/empathy-course
The Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare, based at the University of Leicester, has created the Putting Evidence-Based Empathy into Practice workshop to help healthcare professionals develop empathy habits they can use in their clinical practice.
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History (Urban History) MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-history-ma/2026
This is for you if... you want to study the history of urban culture and society at a specialist research centre of international academic excellence.
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Celebrating the Chinese New Year on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/celebrating-the-chinese-new-year-on-campus
Celebrations for the Chinese New Year (CNY) will begin today and the University and Students’ Union are marking the incoming Year of the Rooster in a number of ways: Free fortune cookies and red envelopes with prizes in the Percy Gee Building CNY decorations in the Charles...
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Work of peace: 75 years of the United Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/work-of-peace-75-years-of-the-united-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 A new online exhibit created by the Department of Peace and Peace Building Affairs.
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Seditious works in Special Collections: the case of William Prynne (1600-1669)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/10/10/seditious-works-in-special-collections-the-case-of-william-prynne-1600-1669/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 10, 2014 Engraved portrait of William Prynne, published in 1811.
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Nominations Committee
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/committees/council/nominations
See the Nominations Committee's terms of reference and membership, including details of their role, responsibilities, reporting hierarchy and meetings.
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Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo
University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems
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Criminology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/criminology-bsc/2026
Leicester is 6th in the UK for teaching Criminology (The Guardian University Guide 2025). Our experts will lead you through a comprehensive study of crime and justice. View our degree entry requirements.