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Professor Jack Spence
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/jack-spence
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Putting satellite data in farmers’ hands to improve food security
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/farming-earth-observation
PhD project at University of Leicester aims to get more farmers in Kenya and the UK using Earth Observation (E.O) data, allowing them to plan better for extreme weather, boosting climate resilience and food security
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Emoji is the fastest growing language
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode and the launch of Emoj.li.
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The biggest subject on Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/the-biggest-subject-on-earth
It really is the biggest subject on Earth - the story of a whole planet, what it’s made of, how it works, how it developed over 4.
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Cancer expert receives £100,000 donation towards his vital work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/mick-may-mesothelioma-fennell
A cancer expert who prolonged the life of the inspirational author and charity founder, Mick May, has received a £100,000 donation to help continue his ground breaking work at the university of Leicester.
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Tempest rocket to map quality of the air we breathe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/tempest-rocket-to-map-quality-of-the-air-we-breathe
In what is thought to be a world’s first, a rocket equipped with air pollution monitoring equipment developed by University scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy led by Dr Roland Leigh (pictured) is due to be launched on Wednesday 4...
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Arthur Edward Davis (1882-1916)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/02/arthur-edward-davis-1882-1916/
Arthur Edward Davis was educated at Mill Hill School, London. He became a cricketer of distinction and played for Leicestershire. In the great War he joined as a Private the 11th Royal Fusiliers and served in France, where he was killed in 1916.
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Turned off at Execution Dock: Thames Scenery in the City of the Gallows. By Richard Ward
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/04/25/turned-off-at-execution-dock-thames-scenery-in-the-city-of-the-gallows-by-richard-ward/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on April 25, 2016 Eighteenth-century London has, with good reason, been called “the city of the gallows”.
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University lights up medical building in support of Baby Loss Awareness Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/baby-loss-awareness
As part of the national campaign to highlight the importance of Baby Loss Awareness Week, the University of Leicester’s George Davies Centre, home to many of Leicester’s world-changing health researchers and teaching spaces, will join other national UK landmarks in being lit...
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Suffragan Bishop of Loughborough to speak on ‘Justice, Faith and Belonging in a Changing World’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/03-bishop-guli-talk
The unit for Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement (DICE) at the University of Leicester, in conjunction with Leicestershire County Council, is organising a fascinating and free public event on Thursday 10 October for all those interested in the role of faith...