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• University of Leicester alumnus amongst ten Windrush pioneers to have portrait commissioned by the King

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/windrush-geoff

  Sir Godfrey ‘Geoff’ Palmer OBE is one of ten pioneering members of the Windrush Generation who have had portraits commissioned by King Charles III to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush.

• Policing in multicultural cities to be explored

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/policing-in-multicultural-cities-to-be-explored

  Policing in multicultural cities will come under the spotlight during a public event at our University at 6pm on Monday 3 July.

• Could human beings one day live on Mars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/could-human-beings-one-day-live-on-mars

  The Mars One Mission hopes to create a human settlement on Mars by the year 2025 allowing people to live on the Red Planet, albeit in an enclosed environment.

• Leicester historian takes Hairy Bikers through Yorkshires past pubs

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-historian-takes-hairy-bikers-through-yorkshire2019s-past-pubs

  A new BBC series following the popular Hairy Bikers on a tour of historic British pubs features a historian from our University in its opening episode, discussing the pubs of Yorkshire’s past.

• A giant leap for student-kind

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/a-giant-leap-for-student-kind

  Three of our students are going to boldly embark on a career-making opportunity to work on new space technologies with one of Europe’s leading space companies, OHB System AG.

• Setting standards in stroke treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/stroke-treatment

  Improving the treatment of stroke - the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the UK.

• Toys on the Table appeal breaks records

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-toys-on-the-table

  Christmas is here! It’s the season of giving and our generous staff and students have donated a record number of toys to the 2019 Toys on the Table appeal. Over 800 gifts have been collected so far this year - double the donations of 2018.

• Historical artwork display to shed light on works of Dickens illustrator John Leech

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/historical-artwork-display-to-shed-light-on-works-of-dickens-illustrator-john-leech

  A volume containing newly-discovered drawings by caricaturist and illustrator John Leech is on display at the University's Special Collections in the Library until 31 July.

• The solvents solving our gold challenges

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/the-solvents-solving-our-gold-challenges

  Work in our Departments of Geology and Chemistry to develop safer and greener ways to process gold has been featured on the BBC World Service’s Science Hour (from 44m).

• Tellurium (Te) and Selenium (Se) (TeaSe)

  https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/volcanoes/projects/tease

  Learn about the Tellurium (Te) and Selenium (Se) project in The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester.