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Take a visual tour of womens influence throughout University history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/take-a-visual-tour-of-women2019s-influence-throughout-university-history
From the first female students in 1921, to the first black female president of the Students’ Union in 1975, to the present day, women have played a vital role in our University's history, an exhibition currently being held at the Library reveals.
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Love is in the air at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/love-is-in-the-air-at-leicester
Love is in the air at Leicester Love is in the air at Leicester|Graduates Jason and Alix were pricked by Cupid’s arrow while studying at Leicester – and are now celebrating getting engaged Students joining the University of Leicester can expect a world-class education and a...
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Leicester space pioneers return to unveil new Space Research Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/30/leicester-space-pioneers-return-to-unveil-new-space-research-centre/
Two of Leicester’s first space scientists have returned to open the region’s state-of-the-art Space Research Centre, more than 60 years on.
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Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod
Palaeobiologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of a major group of marine animals making the transition to estuaries, more than 400 million years ago.
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Articles and features
https://le.ac.uk/arts/research/luigi-ghirri/blogs-and-resources/articles-and-features
Written blog posts and visual materials as resources drawn from an interdisciplinary research network studying and exploring Luigi Ghirri's work and legacy in photographic art.
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Scholarship awardees share experiences of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/scholarship-awardees-share-experiences-of-leicester
The University's International Office organised a reception on 11 November for this year's recipients of three scholarship schemes for international students. The event was hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University Professor Paul Boyle.
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DNA analysis
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/dna-analysis
Simply extracting the DNA from the remains wouldn’t tell us the identity of the individual. It requires comparing DNA from the skeletal remains with that of known relatives.
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Professor Gerry McCann appointed British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/gerry-mccann-cardiology-bhf
The University of Leicester is proud to announce that Professor Gerry McCann has been awarded the distinguished title of British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiology,
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Climate change project driven forward at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/climate-change-project-space-park-leicester
Event held as part of WorldPeatland project, which is developing effective tools to monitor peatlands based on freely available Earth observation data
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Worlds collide: University of Leicester experts to help upgrade Large Hadron Collider experiment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-experts-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-experiment
Expertise from Leicester in particle detectors to contribute to next upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, thought to be the first time Leicester scientists are working directly on instrumentation for the world’s largest particle accelerator