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Student awards and prizes
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/student-awards
The University of Leicester Geology students have been very successful in winning prizes and awards for their scientific work. Our students travel worldwide to conferences and field areas, and are in the vanguard of many research areas. Read here about some recent successes.
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New Strategic Collaboration between University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory links academia and industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/nnl-partnership
University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign a Letter of Intent to strengthen and further an existing collaboration around areas of mutual interest, including space nuclear power systems.
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University of Leicester granted Freedom of the Borough by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/freedom-of-borough
At an extraordinary meeting of full council on Tuesday 30 March, Oadby & Wigston Borough Council granted the University of Leicester Honorary Freedom of the Borough and bestowed the title of Honorary Freeman upon the University - the highest honour the Borough can bestow.
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Scientists pour cold water on claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/river-water-quality
Scientists and charities have poured cold water on recent claims that water quality in British rivers is “better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution”.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-cooldown
The cooling down of the UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope has been hailed as a milestone moment by its creators at the University of Leicester.
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Cider-making in Wales: It’s a family affair.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/29/cider-making-in-wales-its-a-family-affair/
Posted by in Consuming Authenticities on July 29, 2015 During the course of research into Welsh craft cider I have spoken with many cider-makers at all scales of the craft cider industry in Wales.
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Learning lunch topic: social equity and digital footprints
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/15/learning-lunch-topic-social-equity-and-digital-footprints/
Posted by Kerry Dobbins in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 15, 2016 The LLI were very fortunate to have Dr Rachel Buchanan from the University of Newcastle, Australia hosting its recent Learning Lunch on the topic of social...
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Thoresby Colliery and the Art of Minecraft
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/04/30/thoresby-colliery-and-the-art-of-minecraft/
Posted by James Fitchett in School of Business Blog on April 30, 2014 James Fitchett, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at the School, traces the historical evolution of socio-economic illness in a Midlands city UK Coal recently announced the closure of the last...
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James Webb Space Telescope makes first detection of heavy element from star merger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/gamma-ray
Merger of neutron stars that generated an explosion that created a gamma-ray burst identified. Some of the rarest and most precious elements in nature are being produced by these very rare explosions.
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Leicester scientists on Jupiter moon mission look ahead to launch date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/juice-mission-jupiter-scientists
University of Leicester scientists have a leading role on the science team for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), exploring Jupiter’s complex atmosphere, magnetosphere, and potentially habitable icy moons.