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Expert opinion Changes under Gove have brought about STEM teacher shortage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/changes-under-gove-have-brought-about-stem-teacher-shortage-say-experts
Schools face a “looming disaster” over a severe shortage of teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects, education and science experts at Leicester have warned.
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Major research investment into national land use transformation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/land-use-net-zero
University of Leicester and The James Hutton Institute are co-leading a transdisciplinary hub looking to bridge the gap between science and policy to achieve Net Zero
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Book Group: Pigeon Pie
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/05/18/pigeonpie/
Summary of the Waugh Book Group discussion of Nancy Mitford's Pigeon Pie, Saturday 16 May 2015
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Public invited to explore what it means to be at home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/public-invited-to-explore-what-it-means-2018to-be-at-home2019
During Poverty Action Week 2018, members of the public are invited to visit our University to attend an event which will explore citizenship, belonging and what it means to create a sense of home for ourselves, and others.
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Call launched for poster and abstract submissions for international empathy symposium
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/symposium
A call has gone out for professionals working in empathic healthcare to provide poster, abstract and workshop submissions for a ground-breaking international symposium
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Cleaning up the oil industry
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cleaning-oil-industry
Crude oil spills are one of the worst environmental disasters. Professor Hongbiao Dong explains the importance of moving away from fossil fuels, and how new welding techniques are reducing pipeline failure rates.
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EXPERT COMMENT A Le Pen victory could unleash a tsunami of economic volatility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-comment-a-le-pen-victory-could-unleash-a-tsunami-of-economic-volatility
Professor Panicos Demetriades has suggested that a victory for Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential elections could 'unleash a tsunami of economic volatility', in an article for The Conversation.
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Phage film receives UK debut at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory didn’t have to die. We call it a preventable tragedy.
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Finance BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/finance-bsc/2026
On Leicester's BSc Finance degree you will learn the main theories, concepts, and practices related to finance, as well as appreciate fundamental concepts in related disciplines.
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Faraday Institution Honours Leicester Team for Battery Recycling Innovation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/faraday-institution-honours-battery-recycling-innovation
University of Leicester chemists recognised with a Highly Commended Faraday Institution Community Award for Innovation for patent-pending technology that enables direct recycling of black mass within the UK, reducing reliance on exports and supporting domestic circularity of...