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                    Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongueshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/ig-nobel-zalasiewicz Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, explains the research that won him an Ig Nobel Prize in 2023. 
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                    Leicester’s showstopping chemist on his Bake-Off experimenthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/josh-smalley-bake-off Dr Joshua Smalley speaks to the Press Office about rising to the occasion in the famous white tent 
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                    Life on the home fronthttps://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/first-world-war/life-on-the-home-front Learn more about life on the home front during the First World War from interviews with residents of Leicestershire during the time. 
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                    Margaret Mathiesonhttps://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/margaret-mathieson We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Margaret Mathieson. As graduate, member of staff and benefactor, Margaret dedicated much of her life to shaping the University of Leicester. 
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                    Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyahhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005. 
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                    Tan Yue: Three years after graduation, I found my way homehttps://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/tan-yue Tan Yue graduated with an MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies in 2013 and has taken her experience and knowledge back to her home country and started her career in Guangdong Times Museum. 
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                    Previous Brixworth Lectureshttps://le.ac.uk/medieval/events/brixworth-lecture/previous-lectures Browse our archive of previous Brixworth Lectures, which are organised by the University of Leicester's Medieval Research Centre alongside The Friends of All Saints Church in Brixworth. 
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                    Reimagining workforce planning and staff retention through AI and data analytics powered OSI modelhttps://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/healthcare-innovation-policy-and-management/reimagining-workforce-planning-and-staff-retention-through-ai-and-data-analytics-powered-osi-model The NHS staff shortage has been at the front and centre of the 2024 elections. However, simply hiring new staff is insufficient, given the lengthy training pathways and the limited pool of international recruits. 
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                    Leicester researchers analyse consequences of China space weapon testhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/china-fobs University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and ‘cool heads’ following flight tests of a new Chinese hypersonic missile system. 
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                    Study proves reducing sitting time boosts office staff’s work engagement and wellbeinghttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-reducing-sitting-time-boosts-office-staffs-wellbeing Teams from the University of Leicester and Loughborough University investigated simple solutions to reducing sitting time in the office.