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Breakthrough in lung cancer treatment is based on University of Leicester specialist’s 20 year old discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dean-fennell
A breakthrough in treatment for an aggressive fatal lung disease has been made thanks to a two decades’ old discovery by a University of Leicester cancer specialist.
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Trailblazing woman of leadership is honoured by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/grads-towle
A University of Leicester stalwart who led the charge for more women in leadership roles has been honoured by the institution.
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Leicester scientists look to Venus for close-range BepiColombo flyby
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/bepicolombo-venus
Planetary scientists at the University of Leicester are braced for a flood of new data from one of the closest-ever flybys of Venus.
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Love Island star Dr Alex George urges Leicester students to seek early mental health support
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/alex-george-post-event
Dr Alex George visits Leicester University
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University to mark founding legacy as living memorial
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/living-memorial
A major figure in the foundation of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College – which would later go on to become the University of Leicester – was local man Dr Astley Clarke. During the war, Astley was an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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Future 50: Leicester seeks next generation of world-changing researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/f50-campaign
The University is inviting applications for 50 funded doctoral opportunities
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Rolls-Royce deploy nuclear power experts to Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rolls-royce
Dr Gary Jones, Head of Manufacturing Innovation at Rolls-Royce, said: “Our presence at Space Park Leicester is a really good opportunity for our people that are specifically working on the Space Programme to immerse themselves in all things space.
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University of Leicester joins major new campaign committed to action on climate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/climate-action
Just four in 10 parents of 16 to 18-year-olds in the East Midlands believe that UK universities are equipping the next generation of students with knowledge about climate change, according to new research from Universities UK.
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Lopping the heads off daisies; at the heart of Enterprise.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/05/09/lopping-the-heads-off-daisies-at-the-heart-of-enterprise/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on May 9, 2019 Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that matters. Winston Churchill.
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Mental Health UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 10 th October was World Mental Health Day and the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has been held. Its website has reports and decisions.