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Looking at War Memorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/05/07/looking-at-war-memorials/
Posted by Elizabeth Blood in Library Special Collections on May 7, 2020 In October-November 2019, Archives & Special Collections featured an exhibition in the cases outside our reading room, entitled Looking at War Memorials .
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Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash
An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.
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Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-human-impact-has-created-a-2018plastic-planet2019
Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to research led by researchers from the Department of Geology.
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National Rehabilitation Centre opens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/national-rehabilitation-centre-leicester-defence
The country’s first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), which aims to transform national and international research and innovation for specialist rehabilitation, is preparing to open its doors to its first patients
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HyPIR lecturer shares insights on new EU space policy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/hypir-lecturer-shares-insights-on-new-eu-space-policy
Dr Bleddyn Bowen, an expert in astropolitics and space security from our School of History, Politics and International Relations, has recently discussed the potential impact of Brexit on the UK’s security access to EU-funded space programmes such as the Galileo project.
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More than a quarter of Greater London greenspaces exceed WHO traffic noise guidelines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/quarter-greater-london-greenspaces-who-traffic-noise-guidelines
Analysis of greenspaces in the Greater London area by University of Leicester scientists has shown that 28% are affected by road traffic noise above the guidelines advised by the World Health Organization.
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Tiny fossils unlock clues to Earths climate half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tiny-fossils-unlock-clues-to-earth2019s-climate-half-a-billion-years-ago
An international collaboration of scientists, led by the University of Leicester, has investigated Earth’s climate over half a billion years ago by combining climate models and chemical analyses of fossil shells about 1mm long.
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Leaders in Healthcare 2018: Junior Doctor Leadership – Beginning Your Journey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/11/16/leaders-in-healthcare-2018-junior-doctor-leadership-beginning-your-journey/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on November 16, 2018 This was the session I was most looking forward to. It’s the reason why we blog and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Trainee Steering Group did not disappoint.
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The beast in me, guest post by Armand De Filippo (Museum Studies)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2018 1. Immersive experience installed in the David Wilson Library, May 2018, as part of PhD research undertaken by Armand De Filippo.
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Sarah Graham
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/shsg1/
Lecturer in American Literature.