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Conference to focus on producing graduates with skills employers seek
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/conference-to-focus-on-producing-graduates-with-skills-employers-seek
The University is enlisting the help of graduate recruiters and employer representatives to identify how its curricula can encourage students to develop the “soft skills” needed in the work place.
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Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition
A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.
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Leicesters everevolving literary festival receives important Arts Council grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicesters-ever-evolving-literary-festival-receives-important-arts-council-grant
Literary Leicester, a leading festival of the written and spoken word organised by our University, opens in Leicester next month (November), with a glittering line-up of events that are free and open to the public.
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College Courts culinary talents served two national awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/college-court2019s-culinary-talents-served-two-national-awards
A chef and sommelier from our University have cooked up a treat at national awards ceremony celebrating culinary excellence in the conferencing industry.
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Award for ambitious and innovative project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/award-for-ambitious-and-innovative-project
Dr Richard Alexander (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Theoretical Astrophysics Group has won a prestigious £1.4 million award dedicated to ambitious and innovative projects.
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Leicester facility to help optimise hybrid structures for automotive sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-facility-to-help-optimise-hybrid-structures-for-automotive-sector
The ASDEC – The Advanced Structural Dynamics Evaluation Centre – facility has announced that it is part of a successful winning bid for £1.
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Student musicians conductor and composer feature in free concert at De Montfort Hall
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/student-musicians-conductor-and-composer-feature-in-free-concert-at-de-montfort-hall
A free classical morning concert this Saturday 12 March features not only talented student musicians from the University of Leicester but also a student conductor and the premiere of a Leicestershire-themed piece by a student composer, showcasing the range of talent to be...
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New research project to compare experiences of violence homicide and mental health among sex workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-research-project-to-compare-experiences-of-violence-homicide-and-mental-health-among-sex-workers
Professor Teela Sanders and Dr Rosie Campbell OBE from the Department of Criminology have written an article for Think: Leicester discussing their new research project and the significance of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, which...
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NASA and European Space Agency visit Leicester for Mars workshop
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-mars-sample-return-workshop
Planetary scientists from across the globe, including representatives from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA and European Space Agency, visited the University of Leicester last week for a Mars Sample Return workshop.
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