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Council
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council
The Council is the University's supreme governing body. Council is responsible for taking all final decisions on matters of fundamental concern to the institution.
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Psychology graduate lands job through award-winning Social Work Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/psychology-graduate-takes-up-role-with-award-winning-social-work-academy
A University graduate has taken up a role at Hertfordshire County Council as a social worker after securing a place through the prestigious Social Work Academy.
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Project to provide scientists with access to worlds largest highenergy gammaray observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/project-to-provide-scientists-with-access-to-worlds-largest-high-energy-gamma-ray-observatory
Our University is part of a new project that will provide scientists with access to the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory. CTA is a global initiative to build the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory.
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LLEP rallies Government to support Charnwood Life Sciences Zone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/llep-rallies-government-to-support-charnwood-life-sciences-zone
The Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) is spearheading a campaign to ask the Government to support Charnwood Campus (the former Astra Zeneca site) near Loughborough as the UK’s first 'Life Sciences Opportunities Zone' (LSOZ).
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New website highlights our local impact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/new-csr-website-highlights-universitys-local-impact
The University of Leicester contributes significantly to the city of Leicester, the surrounding county of Leicestershire and further afield.
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UK first for Leicester: ground-breaking software lets surgeon see real-time 3D map of heart
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/12-cardiac-software
Innovative software that allows a surgeon to view inside a patient’s heart in real time while applying treatment has been used for the first time in the UK in operations at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester.
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University of Leicester to name building after archaeology pioneer, Dame Kathleen Kenyon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/building-named-archaeology-pioneer-kathleen-kenyon
The Dame Kathleen Kenyon Building is the University of Leicester's first academic building named after a woman.
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King’s Birthday Honour recognises researcher’s dedication to saving peatlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kings-birthday-honour-recognises-researchers-dedication-saving-peatlands
A University of Leicester geographer who has dedicated her career to preserving the world’s peatlands has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
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Leicester school leader’s devotion to education is recognised with honour from her old university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/carolyn-robson
A Leicester school teacher who became a national leader in education has returned to her old university to receive an honorary title.
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New partnership will drive forward UK space technology development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sidereus-partnership-space-technology-development
Space Park Leicester and spin-out Perpetual Atomics have signed Memoranda of Understanding with Sidereus Space Dynamics