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Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival
The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an event discussing the life and work of Leicester artist and writer Rigby Graham.
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Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft
Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on Thursday 7 May, taking place at 6:00pm in the Rattray Lecture Theatre.
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Students to perform at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/students-to-perform-at-edinburgh-festival-fringe
Vatican murder mystery comedy Cardinal Sin, which has been produced by five Leicester students, will be finding its way to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 17 and 23 August.
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Historic reception brings together people connected by a bloody history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historic-reception-brings-together-people-connected-by-a-bloody-history
Over 500 years after a brutal and bloody battle put to death Richard III, England’s last warrior king, and changed the destiny of the country, descendants from the warring factions are to come together for the first time in Leicester.
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Culture and politics of vengeance to be explored at conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/culture-and-politics-of-vengeance-to-be-explored-at-conference
Topics ranging from revenge porn and terrorism, to vengeance in exploitation films, will be discussed at ‘Reflections on Revenge: a conference on the culture and politics of vengeance’ on Friday 4 September 2015 at the University’s award-winning College Court Conference...
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Tigers talents to train University rugby club
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/tigers-talents-to-train-university-rugby-club
Two Leicester Tigers players will coach our Men’s Rugby Union club team during the 2016/17 season. Team Leicester is now looking to extend their unbeaten Varsity record to five years after appointing Lachlan McCaffrey and Matt Smith as coaches for the forthcoming season.
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Feelings and mental health explored in first interdisciplinary PhD studentship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/feelings-and-mental-health-explored-in-first-interdisciplinary-phd-studentship
New research that will investigate the possible role of feelings in the mental health difficulties associated with psychotic-spectrum diagnoses such as schizophrenia will be made possible by the first interdisciplinary PhD studentship to be fully funded by the University.
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New test for sudden cardiac death receives funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-test-for-sudden-cardiac-death-receives-funding
A new test to identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death is being developed by researchers at our University and Leicester’s Hospitals thanks to a £183,000 grant from national charity Heart Research UK.
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Report suggests delaying school entry for preterm babies may not be the answer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/report-suggests-delaying-school-entry-for-preterm-babies-may-not-be-the-answer
A new report launched today suggests that prematurely born babies are more likely to have learning difficulties at school age, and the risk increases the earlier they are born.
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University renews partnership with Santander Universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-renews-partnership-with-santander-universities
Our University is to receive more funding from Santander Universities UK, bringing the value of the next three years of this partnership to over £300,000.