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Top 10 New Years resolution lifestyle tips
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/top-10-new-year2019s-lifestyle-resolution-tips
Working out with friends, exercising in short bursts and binning faddy supplements are some of the ways people can keep fit and help prevent chronic disease in the New Year.
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New award for improving agricultural monitoring from Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/25/new-award-for-improving-agricultural-monitoring-from-space/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 March 2020 Leicester physicists have recently been awarded a Met Office Newton grant to monitor vegetation health and stress from Space Food security has always been a major strategic issue related to...
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Earth history opens a new chapter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/earth-history-opens-a-new-chapter
An international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be used to mark the dawn of a new geological age in Earth history – the Anthropocene.
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University of Leicester establishes new independent investment company
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/midlands-mindforge-investment
Midlands Mindforge Limited has been co-founded by University of Leicester and seven other research intensive universities in the Midlands, collectively Midlands Innovation.
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New Chair Elect for University Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/03-new-chair-elect-council
Gary Dixon has been appointed Chair-Elect of Council for the University of Leicester after a competitive and open recruitment process.
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Research to understand peatland policy ‘on the ground’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/peatlands
Postgraduate research at the University of Leicester is seeking to understand how peatland policy is implemented at a local level, gaining insights from NGOs, farmers, landowners, researchers, and policymakers
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Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-scientists-get-into-gear-for-new-fundraising-challenge
Leicester scientists get into gear for new fundraising challenge David and Charlotte 1375| Dr Charlotte Smith and Professor David Bartram are getting on their bikes to highlight Cycle 300, a new fundraising challenge from Cancer Research UK.
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/26/new-telescope-to-be-the-goto-for-gravitational-wave-events/
Leicester space scientists will contribute to a huge new telescope, made up of identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, to track down sources of gravitational waves.
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New Registrar and Secretary confirmed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/new-registrar
The University of Leicester is pleased to confirm Geoff Green to the post of Registrar and Secretary. His appointment was approved by the University’s Council following a formal recruitment process, and after undertaking the role on an interim basis since 1 February 2020.
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Sally Kyd
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/sally-kyd
Sally joined the University of Leicester as an undergraduate, studied here for her PhD, joined the teaching staff, was appointed Professor – and eventually became the first female Head of Leicester Law School.