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Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/sqe
Qualifying as a solicitor is now very flexible. A team of specialist careers tutors with decades of experience of training future solicitors will support you to make the right decision for you and your future.
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rutland-sea-dragon
Ichthyosaurs first appeared around 250 million years ago and went extinct 90 million years ago. They were an extraordinary group of marine reptiles that varied in size from 1 to more than 25 metres in length, and resembled dolphins in general body shape.
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New carbon-monitoring satellite will shed light on photosynthesis thanks to Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/microcarb-carbon-monitoring-satellite-photosynthesis
An algorithm designed by scientists at the University of Leicester and National Centre for Earth Observation, based at Space Park Leicester, will allow the MicroCarb mission to observe solar induced fluorescence (SIF) – a by-product and indicator of plant photosynthesis
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Digging Out the Past – the legacy of Alan McWhirr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/13/digging-out-the-past-the-legacy-of-alan-mcwhirr/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 13, 2019 Alan McWhirr in a field. The first collection we have finished digitising for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project is a monthly radio series about archaeology, Digging Out the Past.
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Coventry Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/11/22/coventry-archives-2/
A description of the collections from Coventry Archives that have been digitised by the UOSH project.
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The many languages of Sue Townsend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/08/22/the-many-languages-of-sue-townsend/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 22, 2014 The Special Collections team has been joined for the last couple of weeks by Claire Preval , an undergraduate intern from the Department of the History of Art and Film.
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New teaching resources to support students’ learning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/10/24/new-teaching-resources-to-support-students-learning/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 24, 2016 We’ve recently added new resources to our learning development teaching resource page .
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The Ripple: An Archival Retrospective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/08/the-ripple-an-archival-retrospective/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 8, 2025 Guest post written by Carter Buckingham who has been volunteering in Special Collections since August 2024.
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Incentives alone won’t bring gender equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/10/01/incentives-alone-wont-bring-gender-equality/
Posted by Doris Ruth Eikhof in School of Business Blog on October 1, 2014 Doris Ruth Eikhof*, Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment at the School, underlines why there’s so much more to the problem of gender inequality than the task of getting the incentives right Those...