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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly bright in new heat images of the planet taken by two large telescopes in the high deserts of Chile.
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University entrepreneurs win place on innovative VentureVersity accelerator programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/ventureversity-teams
Judges choose the 11 teams to join first VentureVersity Commercialisation Accelerator, turning academic ideas into reality. Businesses, students, academics and entrepreneurs have joined forces in first-of-its-kind collaboration to help bring more university spin outs to market.
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New space missions to explore suns’ influence on habitable worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/sirius-elfen
Two proposals for missions led by the University of Leicester receive £500,000 funding from UK Space Agency
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United Nations Day 2024: United for climate action
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/un-day
Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Institute for Environmental Futures at the University of Leicester, reflects on the United Nations’ (UN) critical role in fighting climate change.
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Burgeoning businesses born from VentureVersity programme are put to the test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/ventureversity-event
The University of Leicester recently hosted a pivotal event that united academics and the business community to drive the commercialisation of groundbreaking ideas.
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Completed PHDs 2000-2009
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/research-degrees/completed-phd/2000-2009
2009 Magnus Gestsson - Commercial galleries in Copenhagen, London and Reykjavik: A comparative study of the formations, contexts and interactions of galleries founded between 1985 and 2002.
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Research and Enterprise Committee
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/committees/senate/research
See the Research Strategy Policy and Performance Committee's terms of reference and membership, including details of their role, responsibilities, reporting hierarchy and meetings.
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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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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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University of Leicester researcher is finalist for prestigious heritage award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/10-researcher-is-finalist-for-prestigious-heritage-award
PhD researcher from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History Mark Webb shortlisted for 2018 Historic England Angel Award