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24-hour Summer Solstice walking challenge raises funds for refugee project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/24-hour-summer-solstice-walking-challenge-raises-funds-for-refugee-project
Staff from our School of Arts undertook a 24-hour Summer Solstice walking challenge across Leicestershire in aid of a pioneering new project to resettle a refugee family from Syria to South Leicestershire.
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Special comedy event and animated film in honour of playwright and provocateur Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/special-comedy-event-and-animated-film-in-honour-of-playwright-and-provocateur-joe-orton
To mark 50 years since the death of Joe Orton, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Shepherd is collaborating with Dr Emma Parker from our School of Arts on an Arts Council-funded project inspired by prank letters of complaint that Orton penned using the pseudonym Mrs Edna Welthorpe.
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Figures from University feature on King Richard III Pall
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/figures-from-university-feature-on-king-richard-iii-pall
Figures from the University of Leicester feature on the pall that covered the coffin of King Richard III. The embroidered funeral pall was revealed at a reception service for the monarch at Leicester Cathedral on 22 March.
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National planetary science conference launches in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/bpsc2024-conference
The British Planetary Science Conference 2024 launches at Space Park Leicester
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The Muslim veil: a symbol of terror?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/muslim-veil
Read the article "The Muslim veil: a symbol of terror?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Who was Richard III?
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/who-was-richard-iii
A brief primer on the last Plantagenet king of England and his links with Leicester.
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COVID-19 treatment trialed at Leicester’s Hospitals shown to reduce deaths in sickest patients by one-fifth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/covid-recovery
John, a self-employed roofer, was approached by a research nurse to take part in the RECOVERY trial, where he was assigned the Regeneron monoclonal antibody combination. The treatment was delivered through an intravenous drip, which took about an hour to enter his body.
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Heartwize
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/heartwize
A new generation of lifesavers is emerging thanks to a unique and original resuscitation training programme spearheaded by the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
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Research stories
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories
Explore the University of Leicester's world-changing research. Our world is a work in progress. Explore our world-changing research.
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People with Long-COVID after hospitalisation face limited recovery after one year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/phosp-12-months
People who were hospitalised with COVID-19 and continued to experience symptoms at five months show limited further recovery one year after hospital discharge, according to the latest results of the PHOSP-COVID study, released as a pre-print on medRxiv today (Thursday).