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Engaging the City
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engaging-the-city
In 2008, the National Gallery commissioned RCMG to evaluate the second phase of Articulate, their secondary school literacy programme.
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University of Leicester awards honorary degree to graduate and best-selling author
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/adele-parks
Acclaimed novelist and Leicester graduate, Adele Parks MBE has returned to the University to be awarded an honorary degree. Parks received a (DLitt) Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester in a ceremony that took place at De Montfort Hall on Thursday, 19 January.
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Future of asthma research and benefits to patient health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/future-of-asthma-research-and-benefits-to-patient-health
50 years of pioneering asthma research which has benefited patients and sufferers throughout the UK will be celebrated at an event on Wednesday 20 June hosted by Leicester.
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Space scientist receives prestigious award from Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/space-scientist-receives-prestigious-award-from-royal-astronomical-society
Professor Emma Bunce (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for her outstanding research into the physics of the gas giant planet magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.
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Facts about snakebite deaths
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/areas/join-the-fight/facts-about-snakebite-deaths
Facts about snakebite deaths in India According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2023), about 5.4 million snakebites occur each year, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenoming.
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University of Leicester holds event celebrating city’s Caribbean community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/caribbean-event
University of Leicester will host an event to acknowledge the contributions of the city’s Caribbean community. The African Caribbean population of Leicester were among the earliest arrivals to the city from the Commonwealth in the 1950 and 1960s.
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New ways of using the Historical Directories collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/27/new-ways-of-using-the-historical-directories-collection/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on June 27, 2023 Over the last 18 months, we have been collaborating with a research project called the Congruence Engine .
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Dogs policy
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/visitor-information/dogs-policy
We have reverted to our original policy, operational from 1947 to 2017, of banning dogs (assistance dogs excepted) from the Botanic Garden for the following reasons: Health & safety/damage. We host over 11,000 school children per year who roam over the entire garden.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 1-2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/07/23/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-1-2/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 23, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team.
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Chicxulub crater Leicester researchers investigate what killed the dinosaurs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/chicxulub-crater
A team of scientists, including University of Leicester researchers, has now reached the midpoint of an International Ocean Discovery Programme investigating the Chicxulub crater site - the location of the meteorite impact associated with a mass extinction event 66 million...