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University of Leicester Announces Exciting Summer Events Programme in Partnership with Attenborough Arts Centre and Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/attenborough-arts-summer-events
The University of Leicester is delighted to unveil its 2025 Summer events programme, delivered with Attenborough Arts Centre, in partnership with Oadby & Wigston Borough Council.
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University of Leicester space scientists celebrate success for Gaia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/university-of-leicester-space-scientists-celebrate-success-for-gaia
University of Leicester space scientists are celebrating success after the Gaia project, which aims to create a highly accurate 3D map of our galaxy, picked up two prestigious awards for best Space Achievement and best Space Industry/Project Team.
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Expert opinions cover World Cancer Day Brexit and Donald Trump
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-world-cancer-day-brexit-and-donald-trump
Dr Leah Bassel from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has discussed the Casey review and immigration in an article for Discover Society.
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GP numbers associated with life expectancy in England, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/gp-numbers
Patients with access to fully qualified GPs, higher funding of general practices and increased continuity of care, live longer according to new research by a University of Leicester academic.
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New Centenary film celebrates Leicester research heroes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/century-change
The University of Leicester has premiered a new short film, celebrating 100 years of changing the world. Research experts from the University’s first Century feature in the film, produced to mark Leicester’s Centenary year.
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Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics
The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.
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Transport
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/transport
Learn more about the collections about EMOHA in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Science exploitation
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/exploitation
Learn more about science exploitation in the Space Projects and Instrumentation group at the University of Leicester.
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Disparity in cultural sector funding deprives regional museums libraries and heritage sites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/disparity-in-cultural-sector-funding-deprives-regional-museums-libraries-and-heritage-sites
An academic from the School of Museum Studies has suggested that disparities in funding for the cultural sector at a regional level results in cultural institutions and programmes in many areas of the UK being deprived of vital resources.
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Two new Heads of School announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads
Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH). Lisa Smith, Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester, has been appointed as the Head of the School of Criminology.