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Vice-President of the European Commission returns to Leicester to receive honorary degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/vice-president-of-the-european-commission-returns-to-leicester-to-receive-honorary-degree
A former student who rose to become Prime Minister of Finland and Vice-President of the European Commission has recalled his happy time at Leicester as an Erasmus student as he returned to the campus to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
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HRH Princess Royal visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/hrh-princess-royal-visit
HRH The Princess Royal is to boldly go on a mission into space - well, the National Space Centre in Leicester. The Centre is the brainchild of the University and was co-founded by the University.
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Sycamore Gap sapling to be planted in University of Leicester Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/sycamore-gap
The University of Leicester Botanic Garden will plant a Sycamore Gap sapling as part of the tree's legacy.
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Medical students gain experience in the latest robotic surgery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/surgical-robot
Budding surgeons of the future at the University of Leicester have been gaining experience on the latest surgical robotic equipment.
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EU at ‘critical point’ as Germany searches for Merkel successor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/eu-merkel
A leading economist has warned that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s successor will have ‘big shoes to fill’ on the European stage, after describing her as ‘the continuity of Europe’.
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Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/hot-jupiters
An international team of space scientists have discovered four new ‘hot Jupiters’ in our galaxy. University of Leicester PhD researcher Rosanna Tilbrook led and co-authored the study alongside colleagues in the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, the USA and South Africa.
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Research to highlight “seldom heard voices” of womb cancer patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/seldom-heard-voices
Researchers exploring the impact of womb cancer on different ethnic groups are recruiting patients to the first study of its kind in the UK.
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University of Leicester celebrates School of Education’s 75th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/education
University of Leicester’s School of Education has hit a landmark anniversary, celebrating its 75th year. The School was founded in 1946, welcoming its first group of 19 students, most of whom were ex-military personnel.
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University of Leicester celebrates top 1.6% global sustainability ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/the-sustainability-ranking
The University of Leicester is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked among the top global universities for its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking.
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Best-selling crime author visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”!
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/val-mcdermid
Best-selling crime author Val McDermid visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”