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University of Leicester honours the President of Malta
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-president-malta-receives-honorary-degree-doctor-laws
Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the President of the Republic of Malta, has been made an honorary graduate by the University of Leicester. The University bestowed the honorary degree at its graduation ceremony on Friday 18 January 2019 at De Montfort Hall in Leicester.
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University of Leicester honours Leicester City FC's Chief Executive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/24-leicester-honours-city-fc-chief-executive-susan-whelan
King Power International's Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive of Leicester City Football Club Susan Whelan receives honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
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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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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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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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More than 50 years of Leicester in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/05-more-than-50-years-of-leicester-in-space
In World Space Week we reflect on the University of Leicester’s long history of making out of this world discoveries.