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History on the Box project sees students analyse and discuss TV and radio programmes from the past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/history-on-the-box-project-sees-students-analyse-and-discuss-tv-and-radio-programmes-from-the-past
A new blog launched in the School of History sees postgraduate students analyse and discuss TV and radio programmes from the past.
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Emeritus professor discusses experience of post-operative delirium following major heart surgery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/emeritus-professor-discusses-experience-of-post-operative-delirium-following-major-heart-surgery
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology Michael Wang from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has been interviewed by Imperial College London about experiencing post-operative delirium after major heart surgery in 2012.
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Richard III experts discuss how the project illustrates university research is changing for the better
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-research-team-discuss-how-the-project-illustrates-how-university-research-is-changing
Experts on Richard III have provided a series of insightful opinion pieces about the last Plantagenet king where they discuss their research, contemplate how University research is changing and address concerns that the remains may not be those of Richard III.
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Leicester scientist helps fine-tune space telescope 1.5million km from home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/miri-commissioning
A first image from MIRI was released by NASA in April, giving space scientists a glimpse of the instrument’s capabilities. The first science observations using JWST are expected to commence in July.
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Love Island star Dr Alex George to visit University to discuss mental health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/dr-alex-george
Love Island star and Youth Mental Health Ambassador, Dr Alex George, will visit the University of Leicester to talk to students about the importance of protecting their mental health.
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Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality
Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt across the globe. Air quality is a measure of pollutants and other harmful particulates in the air that we breathe.
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Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/written-in-the-stars-tv-and-radio-science-presenter-professor-jim-al-khalili-to-discuss-the-role-of-determinism-in-our-universe
Do you consider your actions the result of free will, or of a preordained path we are destined to follow? At the Institute of Physics 2018 Prestige Lecture, hosted at our University, physicist and presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE will lead a whistle-stop tour of modern...
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Leading steel technology specialists discuss why decarbonising the industry is vital for climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/decarbonising-steel-industry
Government advisor and world-leading steel technology specialists to discuss why decarbonising the steel industry is vital for climate change
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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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Space Park Leicester to lead key skills development discussion at Ignite Space 2025
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/ignite
Ignite Space conference take place from 5-6 February, where experts from Space Park Leicester will address the pressing skills shortage facing the UK space sector