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Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur
University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era
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THESEUS
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/theseus
The “Transient High Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor” (THESEUS) mission concept is an European Space Agency candidate in Phase A study as part of the ESA Medium class call M7.
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New study pinpoints arts humanities and social science graduates skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-study-pinpoints-arts-humanities-and-social-science-graduates2019-skills
A new study has defined for the first time the skills that graduates of our University develop by studying arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) degrees.
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Sensational discovery of previously unseen Adrian Mole diary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/sensational-discovery-of-previously-unseen-adrian-mole-diary
Teenage intellectual Mole achieved fame in the 1980s for his astute, observational journal cataloguing middle class domestic life in a Leicester household. He has been cited by some critics as “a modern day Pepys.
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Leicester rises in global sustainability world rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/qs-rankings
The University of Leicester has climbed more than 25 places in a league table which ranks the sustainable credentials of universities around the globe.
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Adrian building
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/adrian-building
Formally opened in 1968, the Adrian Building was the home of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys’ historic discovery of genetic fingerprinting in September 1984.
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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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Intermediate qualifications
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-3/intermediate-qualifications
(3)9.3 The Programme Director shall be responsible for the secure operation of assessment procedures and practices on professional doctorate programmes. (3)9.
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Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition
A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.
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ExoMars rover named after DNA pioneer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-exomars
The ExoMars Rover The ExoMars Rover (courtesy of ESA) 475|The European Space Agency has named its new ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, after the DNA pioneer, it has been announced.