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Bookable study spaces
https://le.ac.uk/library/news/bookable-study-spaces
18 August 2020 As part of the wider resumption of services from the Library, we are trialling bookable study spaces for academic staff and postgraduate research students from Wednesday 19th August, with the first spaces available from Thursday 20th August.
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Our University working with Chinese Academy of Science on carbon dioxide monitoring satellite mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/our-university-working-with-chinese-academy-of-science-on-carbon-dioxide-monitoring-satellite
China has launched its first satellite dedicated to the monitoring of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The satellite was successfully launched on 22 December 2016 into a low Earth orbit.
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Honorary Professor of Law appointed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/honorary-professor-of-law-appointed
A leading lawyer has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Law at Leicester. David Hodson, Partner and co-founder of The International Family Law Group LLP has been awarded the title of Honorary Professor in Law at the University.
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Photograph exhibition organised by students highlights liberation of Nazi camps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/photograph-exhibition-highlights-liberation-of-nazi-camps
A photograph exhibition highlighting the liberation of Nazi camps during the Second World War will launch at the David Wilson Library on Wednesday 22 March.
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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/research-degrees
The Centre for English Local History offers MPhil and PhD degrees in a large variety of topics. See a bibliography of the theses undertaken by our alumni, and the research currently being read by our students.
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Leicester Ophthalmologist receives prestigious national award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/dr-sohaib-rufai
On receiving the award, Dr Rufai said: “I am very grateful to receive the Ivor levy prize from UKNOS on behalf of my team. I am grateful to my colleagues and mentors at the University of Leicester, including Dr Frank Proudlock, Dr Mervyn Thomas and Professor Irene Gottlob.
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Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/clare-anderson
The University of Leicester’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums Greenwich. Anderson is a Professor of History at the University, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies.
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University of Leicester supports postgrad researchers facing cost of living rise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/stipend-increase
Postgraduate researchers at the University of Leicester will receive a welcome boost in the face of rises in the cost of living.
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Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash
An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.
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Research grant for study into nuclear weapons and cyber warfare
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/research-grant-for-study-into-nuclear-weapons-and-cyber-warfare
Research will look into whether today’s nuclear weapons are safe from computer hacking, taking pace at The University of Leicester.