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Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-cosmic-sociology
Moon landing Moon Landing|Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a sociological perspective on space exploration: The Cosmos and the exploration of space are inherently...
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
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Record funding Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/record-funding-leverhulme-centre-for-humanity-and-space
New Centre aims to increase the understanding of how humans engage with and experience space
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Home to Joe Orton and Sue Townsend collections receives national accreditation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/archive
An archive service which holds the collections of Leicester literary greats, Joe Orton and Sue Townsend, has received approval from The National Archives.
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Student nurses scoop prestigious awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/nursing-times-awards-leicester
Student Nurses Daud Malida and Lily Scott, from the University of Leicester, have won Student Nursing Times Awards
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University of Leicester celebrates a century of science with chemistry and physics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/celebrate-century-science-chemistry-physics
School of Physics and Astronomy and School of Chemistry mark 100-year anniversary in 2025, with Centenary celebrations on 17 May seeing alumni return to campus and share memories
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Adding genetic information to health checks improves identification of people at risk of heart attacks and strokes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/samani
University of Leicester researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and other major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events
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Space Park Leicester welcomes leading Indian company AEGION
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/aegion-space-park
Indian metallurgy and materials engineering company AEGION establishes office at Space Park Leicester
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Colourful craters and insights into Mercury’s mysterious surface showcased by Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/18-bepicolombo-mission-at-new-scientist
University of Leicester researchers involved in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury will be presenting at New Scientist Live 2018.
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Changing the face of British sport governance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/12-sporting-equals
Sporting Equals and the University of Leicester are partners in a New LeaderBoard Academy in Sports Governance