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Britain’s first space explorer is honoured by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-helen-sharman
Britain’s first astronaut has paid tribute to the University of Leicester’s world class space research.
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Ethical survey software from University of Leicester rolled-out by LOROS Hospice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/leicsurvey-loros
LOROS Hospice has implemented an inclusive survey tool to gather user feedback developed by University of Leicester researchers, which allows organisations to collect user data in an inclusive and accessible way
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Race and Health Observatory to work with UK academic team to explore impact of long-COVID on UK healthcare workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/reach-out
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has today announced the start of a three-year study to investigate the long-term impact of COVID on NHS healthcare workers (HCWs) across the UK from diverse ethnic backgrounds and roles.
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‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/worms-space-experiment-biological-effects-spaceflight
Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed and built at Space Park Leicester
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New funding to develop technology for first robots to weld in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/funding-technology-first-robots-weld-space
University of Leicester and welding specialist TWI Ltd collaborating on a robot-mounted arc-welding system designed to support in-space repair, joining and future orbital manufacturing
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Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/epilepsy-earlier-deaths-intellectual-disabilities
|A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Around 1.
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Arrival travel support
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-next-steps/plan-travel/airport-collection-service
Free coach travel for new international students from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Birmingham to Leicester, Booking required.
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Reflections from our project intern
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/05/19/reflections-from-our-project-intern/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on May 19, 2014 By Jamie Harris, Carceral Archipelago undergraduate intern, 2013-14 I was an intern for the Carceral Archipelago project for 10 weeks. During this time I had two specific tasks to complete.
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Juno and Leicester – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/23/juno-and-the-university-of-leicester/
University of Leicester's history in space and planetary sciences, and the relation to the Juno mission today.
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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Representations in Marketing Require more Attention to Context.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/02/22/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-representations-in-marketing-require-more-attention-to-context/
Brands can play an important role in fostering inclusion in our increasingly diverse societies. 38% of the respondents to a recent survey conducted by Adobe, said that they are more likely to purchase products and services from brands that show diversity in their advertisements.