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Remembering Exile and Transportation: some thoughts from Cape Town
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/02/remembering-exile-and-transportation-some-thoughts-from-cape-town/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 2, 2014 Before I began T he Carceral Archipelago project , my research was loosely centred on the history of Indian Ocean penal settlements and colonies, from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.
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Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/forests-logging-carbon
New study led by University of Leicester PhD student and Imperial College London researchers contradicts previous assumptions.
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Leicester to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/salt-in-my-soul
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory was a gifted storyteller who created poetry out of prosaic experiences.
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University of Leicester picks up two awards in VisitEnglands Awards for Excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/university-of-leicester-picks-up-two-awards-in-visitengland2019s-awards-for-excellence
The University of Leicester competed in national awards at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2016 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool where Attenborough Arts Centre and King Richard III Partnership won awards amongst the country’s elite tourism offers.
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Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-ukrpif-announcement-meteor-funding
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre (METEOR) has received nearly £14 million in funding through Round 6 of Research England’s flagship capital investment scheme,...
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Yearbook Physics Astronomy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/18/announcing-the-2020-yearbook/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 December 2020 Twelve months ago, as the Leicester Physics News Team were pulling together stories for our first-ever Yearbook 2019 , we could never have imagined the strange world we find ourselves in at...
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Academic publishes one of the best books of the year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academic-publishes-one-of-the-best-books-of-the-year
A book by University of Leicester academic Dr Kate Loveman has been cited among the best books of the year.
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The UK Space Sector, COVID-19 and The Midlands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/06/25/the-uk-space-sector-covid-19-and-the-midlands/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2020 Professor Martin Barstow discussed the latest developments for Space Park Leicester, in this blog post reprinted from Midlands Innovation .
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Vulnerable regions in West Africa identified through space technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/vulnerable-regions-in-west-africa-identified-through-space-technology
A group of international researchers led by Professor Heiko Balzter (pictured) from the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research has used space satellite technology to identify regions of West Africa which are vulnerable to the effects of land degradation...
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Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass
Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note