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Double distinction for Leicester’s ‘Mr Antarctic Volcano’ in New Year Honours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-polar-medal
University of Leicester volcanologist Professor John Smellie receives Polar Medal for the second time, from second monarch.
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Ukraine universities strike up research partnerships with University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/twinning-research
The University of Leicester has bolstered its links with two Ukrainian universities after securing funding to collaborate on research projects involving supply chains, aerospace, bioengineering, and artificial intelligence.
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Leicester experts work with aspiring scientists from Girlguiding Leicestershire to bring science to life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-experts-work-with-aspiring-scientists-from-girlguiding-leicestershire-to-bring-science-to-life
When the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at our University celebrated International Women’s Day, they didn’t know they would end up helping local girls to find out what a baby ladybird looks like up close.
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Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut
Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other...
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Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/black-hole
Most massive black hole in our galaxy spotted by team including scientists from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester
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Research to understand peatland policy ‘on the ground’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/peatlands
Postgraduate research at the University of Leicester is seeking to understand how peatland policy is implemented at a local level, gaining insights from NGOs, farmers, landowners, researchers, and policymakers
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Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch
MIRI, like much of JWST’s instrumentation, will be protected from the intense radiation of the Sun by a huge five-layer sunshade which will unfold remotely as the telescope journeys to its final destination, around Lagrange point 2 (L2), where the gravitational pull of the...
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Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality
Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt across the globe. Air quality is a measure of pollutants and other harmful particulates in the air that we breathe.
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Children’s Voices in Law in Children’s Lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/01/06/childrens-voices-in-law-in-childrens-lives/
Posted by ekirk in Law in Children's Lives on January 6, 2015 School children. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The 20th November 2014 was the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by the UN General Assembly.
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Dancing With Strangers: Body and Otherness in the Experience of Citizenship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/performingcitizenship/2015/12/15/dancing-with-strangers-body-and-otherness-in-the-experience-of-citizenship-by-rita-marcalo/
Posted by Maria Rovisco in Performing Citizenship on December 15, 2015 This post is authored by Rita Marcalo, dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of Instant Dissidence , as a response to the Workshop ‘Arts and Citizenship’ held at the Department of Media and...