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Expedition 347: Paleoenvironmental evolution of the Baltic Sea Basin through the last glacial cycle
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2012-13/baltic-sea
September 2013 – November 2013 The aim of Expedition 347 is to explore the environmental changes in the Baltic Sea over the last 140,000 years and to acquire the most complete possible record of the paleoceanographic and microbiological history preserved within the sediments...
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/hopkinson-group/research
Find out more about the research undertaken in the Hopkinson Group by Dr Richard Hopkinson and his team at the University of Leicester.
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The sky’s the limit for student rocket launches at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/rockets-students
University hosts local sixth form students for an afternoon of launching their creations into the skies above Oadby.
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Over £300,000 funding to fuel university boost to region’s innovation ecosystem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/innovation-ecosystem-funding
University of Leicester to lead a partnership with Loughborough University and De Montfort University and Leicester Start Ups to benefit innovation within Leicester and Leicestershire
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Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede
Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Leicester-tested Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/einstein-probe-images
Explosion-hunting telescope tested by University of Leicester space scientists sends back its first images
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£1.8m AHRC funding awarded to Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/ahrc-grant
Nearly two million pounds of funding from UK Research and Innovation’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has been awarded to the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History (SAAH) to upgrade its archaeological material laboratories.
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Leicester Vice-Chancellor responds to Sutton Trust’s Elitist Britain report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/leicester-vice-chancellor-sutton-trust-elitist-britain-report
A report published this week explored the educational backgrounds of leading figures across the world of politics, media, business, charity, sport, creative and public sectors.
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Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4
Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.
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Study sheds light on the genetics of stopping smoking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/study-genetics-stopping-smoking
The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people’s genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester.