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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Leicester brings researchers and policymakers together in Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/institute-policy-launch
The worlds of policymaking and research converged at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy, held in Westminster last night.
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Meetings and lectures
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/leicester-medical-society/meetings-lectures
Browse a list of upcoming lectures and events from the Leicester Medical Society. All Leicestershire-based medics are welcome to attend, and we encourage you to join the Society after your first meeting if you are interested.
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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/study/research-degrees
The Victorian Studies Centre at Leicester has a lively community of doctoral students, who register with the department most connected with their research topic (English, History or History of Art).
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Plans for extra Heathrow runway are already obsolete says University of Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/plans-for-extra-heathrow-runway-are-2018already-obsolete2019-says-university-of-leicester-academic
Dr Simon Bennett from the University's School of Business has told a Commons Transport Select Committee that plans to build a new runway at Heathrow are ‘already obsolete’.
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Master of Laws (LLM)
https://le.ac.uk/courses/law-llm/2026
This is for you if... you want to enhance your legal skills and knowledge and create your own programme from a wide range of topics to suit your specialisms and interests.
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‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/01/one-of-the-most-remarkable-men-in-the-entire-history-of-archaeology/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 1, 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 August 1817, the adventurer-Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni, described by Howard Carter, with good reason, as ‘one of the most remarkable men in the entire history of...
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Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine
Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.
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The Menopause: It's a hot topic
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations/menopause
The Menopause: It's a hot topic On Thursday 3 March 2022, Nicola Junkin, Helen Foster, Samina Malek (Consultant Gynaecologist), Dr Jesse Matheson (Senior Lecturer in Economics, The University of Sheffield) and Kate Muir (producer, Channel 4 programme ‘Davina McCall: Sex,...
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 1 (2015)
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-1-2015
A summary of year 1 of the Bradgate Park archaeological fieldschool in Leicestershire