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HE assessment guidance is successfully tackling racial inequality, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/ripiag
The most recent assessment of the Racially Inclusive Practice in Assessment Guidance (RIPIAG) has shown that its implementation has improved race inequality in Higher Education (HE).
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Deck the halls with Christmas lights all the way to space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/18-deck-halls-christmas-lights-space
A house illuminated with Christmas lights|University of Leicester students have calculated how many Christmas lights are needed to decorate a house to be visible from space.
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The Boy Who Lived Students put the science of Harry Potters universe to the test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students-put-the-science-of-harry-potter2019s-universe-to-the-test
In the world of Harry Potter the young wizard undergoes two magical biological transformations: eating Gillyweed to grow gills in order to breathe underwater and drinking Skele-Gro to repair broken bones.
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Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america
The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to help identify the headless remains believed to be those of a man ‘who shaped early America’.
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Debating Crimea
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/27/debating-crimea/
Posted by Olga Suhomlinova in School of Business Blog on March 27, 2014 Dr Olga Suhomlinova, Lecturer in Management at the School, responds to a question which she now finds herself expected to answer “So, what do you think about Crimea?” This is the most frequent question I...
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Environmental insights from the GHOST in the machine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/environmental-insights-from-the-ghost-in-the-machine
An instrument co-designed by University of Leicester scientists has spent the past year successfully gathering data on how greenhouse gases are transported around the world and where they are being emitted and absorbed.
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Space Park Leicester expands its service offering to space pioneers and community groups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/space-park-services-community-groups
New Services offering will give more organisations the chance to benefit from its state-of-the-art resources and connect with leading engineers and academics
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South Africas Foreign Policy All Things to All States
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/south-africas-foreign-policy-all-things-to-all-states
A University of Leicester lecturer has shared his expertise of South Africa with leading thinkers and policy makers at a Chatham House event in London.
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Welcome to the jungle: Leicester student recalls life-changing British Army deployment to Belize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/belize
Army reservist and Leicester student Lieutenant Rob Blackman recalls his British Army deployment to Belize.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/hodgkinson-group/research
Get more information on the research undertaken in the Hodgkinson Group which is focused on the synthesis of novel chemical probes and compound libraries.