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Leicester expert discusses the rise of bingewatching through new digital platforms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-expert-discusses-the-rise-of-2018binge-watching2019-through-new-digital-platforms
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality.
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Generous gift will help fight vascular disease and prevent limb amputations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/ps5-15-million-gift-to-university-of-leicester-and-leicester2019s-hospitals-will-help-fight-vascular-disease-and-prevent-limb-amputations
Our University and Leicester’s Hospitals have received a generous gift of £5.15 million by fashion retailer George Davies – the largest from an individual in the University’s history - to give hope to patients who face losing a leg because of poor circulation.
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Air pollution technology underpins system to control vehicle emissions in real time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/air-pollution-technology-underpins-system-to-control-vehicle-emissions-in-real-time
EarthSense Systems, a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company Bluesky, is helping to develop a system to automatically activate zero-emission running of hybrid vehicles along the most heavily polluted city streets.
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Geology researchers participate in Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/geology-professors-participate-in-leicester-literary-and-philosophical-society-events
Founded in 1835, The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society predates the University by over a century, yet it was an integral catalyst in the formation of the University of Leicester and much of our histories are entwined.
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Astronomers discover system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/astronomers-discover-system-of-seven-earth-sized-planets-just-40-light-years-away
An international team of astronomers, including space scientists from our University, has found a system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away.
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Evidencing the impact of the generic learning outcomes
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/impact-of-generic-learning-outcomes
Jo Graham was commissioned to uncover evidence of the awareness, use and impact of the Generic Learning Outcomes on the museum sector in the UK.
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Redefining the Role of Botanic Gardens - Towards a New Social Purpose
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/redefining-role-of-botanic-gardens
The aim of this project was to examine the social role of botanic gardens in the UK.
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Mital Thanki
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-one-winter-2021/mital-thanki
Mital started her career as a science teacher and tutor in 2009. Disenchanted with bureaucratic constrains on innovation in schools and the quality of tuition in the 'after-school' education market, she went on to establish her company, Spark Academy in 2011.
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Christian Larsen
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-five-december-2023/christian-larsen
Christian Larsen is Managing Director Americas for Direct Link, the international division of PostNord and is based in the United States. Previously he has worked as Head of Sales for Majority, and also had positions in Rebtel, Tele2 and Comviq.
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£1.4 million grant to help advance research into the causes of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/heart-disease
University of Leicester researchers have been awarded a £1.4 million grant to continue their work to detect and prevent heart failure in those living with type 2 diabetes