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Studying as a mature student: David's story
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/undergraduate/mature-student-stories
"I can still remember filling in my personal statement and pausing only briefly to reflect on why I wanted to read archaeology at Leicester. "It was a long-standing itch that needed scratching" was how I answered that one.
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How locust ears can help us understand hearing loss
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/24-how-locust-ears-can-help-us-understand-hearing-loss
Dr Ben Warren has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to understand the science behind how ears work and shed light on why hearing loss occurs in animals.
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Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/tracking-a-solar-eruption-through-the-solar-system
Ten spacecraft, from ESA’s Venus Express to NASA’s Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event.
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Students prepare for epic five-day Shakespeare Marathon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/students-prepare-for-epic-five-day-shakespeare-marathon
This spring marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and in commemoration, Leicester University Theatre (LUT) is taking on the challenge of performing the complete works of Shakespeare back-to-back, 24 hours a day from Monday 13 – Friday 17 June.
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Waugh Geography quiz
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/04/geographyquiz/
A geography quiz based on the novles of Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1986
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Lockdown Research Bites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/15/lockdown-research-bites/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 15 July 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, Leicester’s College of Science and Engineering showcased a series of virtual lectures over the spring and summer.
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Will the government’s AI action plan be a success?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/artificial-intelligence
University of Leicester expert comments on the UK government's action plan to boost its role in developing and deploying artificial intelligence.
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Professionalism – the Wisdom of the Minions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/08/04/professionalism-the-wisdom-of-the-minions/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 4, 2016 Following from the release of the Minions movie, and of course not forgetting their impact via ‘Despicable me’, I must confess to having a feed from their “wisdom of the minions”.
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Vindolanda Week 3 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2020/11/25/there-and-back-again-vindolanda-week-3/
The Arch-I-Scan team finishes up their third week of pottery scanning at the Roman fort and museum at Vindolanda.
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AstroSeminar: Prof. Isobel Hook, “Cosmology with supernovae: past, present and future”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/18/astroseminar-prof-isobel-hook-cosmology-with-supernovae-past-present-and-future/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 January 2021 This week the department seminar will be delivered by Prof. Isobel Hook (Lancaster), at usual time (3.00 pm) on Teams. Please find below title and abstract of her talk.