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Director of Human Resources
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/professional-services-executive-group/hr-director
Find out more about our Director of HR. This role is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Human Resources Strategy and for the creation and development of the Organisational Development plan for the University.
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Registrar and Secretary
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/registrar
Find out more about our Registrar and Secretary - head of the University’s academic administration.
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Research shows global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-shows-global-warming-disaster-could-suffocate-life-on-planet-earth
Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to research led by Professor Sergei Petrovskii from the Department of Mathematics.
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.
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University to hold 2015 Summer School on Materials Processing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-to-hold-2015-summer-school-on-materials-processing
The University is to host its first summer school on Materials Processing at the Department of Engineering from Monday 22 June to Friday 26 June. The summer school has been organised by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing (IMPaCT).
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Leicester partners with leading food manufacturer to drive innovation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-partners-with-leading-food-manufacturer-to-help-drive-manufacturing-excellence
A leading British food manufacturer is harnessing the expertise of Leicester scientists to bring innovation and academic insight into its production process to help boost yields and quality.
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Award recognises pivotal role in UK space science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/award-recognises-pivotal-role-in-uk-space-science
Professor Alan Wells (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been honoured by the Royal Astronomical Society with the 2016 Service Award for Astronomy. The RAS today announced the 2016 winners of its awards, medals and prizes.
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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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Student Welfare Service welcomes international students to Leicester with English Tea Party
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/student-welfare-service-welcomes-international-students-to-leicester-with-english-tea-party
Our University has welcomed international students arriving to the University this month with a series of events for International Welcome Week 2017.
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Type 2 diabetes could overwhelm NHS unless changes are made Leicester experts warn
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/type-2-diabetes-could-overwhelm-nhs-unless-changes-are-made-leicester-experts-warn
Melanie Davies CBE (pictured), a Professor of Diabetes Medicine at our University and the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has commented on the rise in people suffering from type 2 diabetes.