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Gender study reveals how performed personality traits can dictate success in the workplace
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/gender-study-reveals-how-2018performed2019-personality-traits-can-dictate-success-in-the-workplace
A research postgraduate at our University has recently shared the results of her study into gender differences in communication styles and their influence on workplace communication in public relations. Distance learner Amelia Reigstad began her PhD study in 2014.
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Sports stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/sports-stars
The achievements of our University’s sporting stars were celebrated last week at the annual Sports Awards. This year has been a particularly successful one for Team Leicester.
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Video essays tell womens compelling stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/video-essays-tell-womens-compelling-stories
The powerful testimonies of women’s lived experience in challenging environments is being captured in a series of compelling ‘video essays’ as part of a project to re-envision nature writing.
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Student initiative seeks to improve global animal welfare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/student-initiative-seeks-to-improve-global-animal-welfare
A student initiative led by the University of Leicester’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter is seeking to improve animal welfare on a global scale.
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Leicester hosts unique eye imaging course
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-hosts-unique-eye-imaging-course
A landmark course providing specialist knowledge on child eye conditions has been held at our University, attracting delegates from around the world.
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Students film breathtaking images of Earth using high altitude weather balloon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/students-film-breathtaking-curvature-of-earth-using-high-altitude-weather-balloon
Physics students have captured breathtaking images of the Earth’s stratosphere using a high altitude weather balloon. The unmanned balloon and sensor payload reached an altitude of 23.6km, putting it at 1.7 times the altitude ceiling of a 747 airliner.
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CancerStories project recruiting young people with cancer across the East Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/cancerstories-project-recruiting-young-people-with-cancer-across-the-east-midlands
An innovative project spearheaded by Professor Alex Mitchell from the Department of Cancer Studies is looking to recruit young people with cancer to share their stories via online video diaries.
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Renowned Indian actor and film producer to speak at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/renowned-indian-actor-and-film-producer-to-speak-at-our-university
Renowned Indian actor, film producer and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mohan Agashe will be delivering a talk on how films can be a source of nutritional entertainment at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 July.
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Film screening to explore post-prison lives of wrongly convicted individuals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/film-screening-to-explore-post-prison-lives-of-wrongly-convicted-individuals
For its inaugural screening Reel Law, Leicester Law School’s film club, is holding a free public screening of BBC documentary ‘Fallout’ and a panel discussion with the film’s director and two of the featured exonerated prisoners.
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University contributes rare manuscript to major Sikh exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-contributes-rare-manuscript-to-major-sikh-exhibition
Our University is contributing a rare Sikh manuscript to a major exhibition showcasing unseen relics and artefacts from the 19th Century Anglo Sikh Wars.