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Student wins prestigious nursing award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/nursing-winner
Student Bethan Jones has clinched a prestigious award from the Nursing Times
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Scientists involved in discovery of origins of ghost particles in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/scientists-involved-in-discovery-of-origins-of-ghost-particles-in-space
Scientists from our University have played a key role in a momentous discovery about the origins of ‘ghostly’ particles from the distant universe that bombard Earth from billions of light years away.
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Bake Off host will make for Quite Interesting graduation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/bake-off-host-will-make-for-quite-interesting-graduation
Those bowled over by Bake-Off this year will find plenty to celebrate at our graduation ceremonies this summer.
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Why are we all so fascinated by language
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/why-are-we-all-so-fascinated-by-language
Have you ever wondered why some people learn a language more easily than others? Why Donald Trump sounds different to other politicians? Whether we’ll all be speaking English, Chinese or Martian in the future? A brand new free online course provided by the University will be...
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Groundbreaking ceremony gets the 158 million renovation of historic Brookfield House formally underway
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/groundbreaking-ceremony-gets-the-ps15-8-million-renovation-of-historic-brookfield-house-formally-underway
The University of Leicester and Henry Boot Construction Ltd marked the official start of construction at our Brookfield Campus with a traditional groundbreaking ceremony.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/people
Principal Investigator Professor Joanna Story School of History (js73@le.ac.uk) Project Manager Dr Pragya Vohra School of History (pv51@le.ac.uk) Co-investigators Professor Steve Brown School of Management (sb343@le.ac.
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Mary Attenborough (1896-1961)
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/mary-attenborough
Mary Attenborough was the wife of Frederick Attenborough, Principal of University College Leicester between 1932– 1951 and mother to their three sons: Richard, David and John.
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Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back
New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists, including Leicester astronomers, an excellent opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole.
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New academy aims to change nature of health care for older people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-academy-aims-to-change-nature-of-health-care-for-older-people
A new academy has been set up in Leicester that hopes to tackle the challenges of ageing and change the nature of health care for older people.
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Politicians and media fuel hate crime in Britain say experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018politicians-and-media-fuel-hate-crime-in-britain-2019-say-experts
Professor Neil Chakraborti and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, from our Centre for Hate Studies, say the ‘toxic climate’ surrounding the EU referendum debate has helped to ‘embolden’ people to target those they regard as ‘different’ or ‘foreign’.