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Student scores opportunity to represent her sport internationally
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/student-scores-opportunity-to-represent-her-sport-internationally
One Leicester student has recently been informed that she was successful in securing a place on the England U21 Nets Netball player long list for the 2019 World Cup. Nets is a variation of netball that is fast, non-stop and very tactical.
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Jim Roberts
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/jim-roberts
A Life Lived Well: Jim Roberts (1947-2023) Professor Suzanne MacLeod writes: James (Jim) Roberts was born into a working class-family in Liverpool in 1947.
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New Leicester education centre to provide opportunities for city’s young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/intouni
Young people in Leicester will have a greater chance of realising their ambitions thanks to a new education centre in the city.
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New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey
New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).
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Brussels Street Lamp Museum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2014/01/07/a-most-illuminating-museum/
A blog post from the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester about the Brussels Street Lamp Museum
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BBC Radio Leicester – In Perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/08/09/bbc-radio-leicester-in-perspective/
A blog that looks at the 'In Perspective' series produced by BBC Radio Leicester in the 1970s.
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Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/jwst-first-light
Scientists and engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been part of the Webb project for more than 20 years and have been involved in the design, manufacture and testing of Webb’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI).
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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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Liven your lectures – engage your students with an active learning approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/09/liven-your-lectures-engage-your-students-with-an-active-learning-approach/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 9, 2018 Active learning is an umbrella term for learning and teaching methods which put the student in charge of their own learning through meaningful activities.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 5-6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/08/22/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-5-6/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 22, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu.