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Leicester alumnus Andy Byford set to save New Yorks neglected subways
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/leicester-alumnus-andy-byford-set-to-save-new-yorks-neglected-subways
Leicester alumnus Andy Byford, who studied German and French at Leicester, has recently taken up the monumental task of turning around New York's ageing, failing subway system.
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ExoMars returns first images of new orbit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/exomars-returns-first-images-of-new-orbit
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned the first images of the Red Planet from its new orbit. The orbiter’s Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, CaSSIS, took the stunning image, which features part of an impact crater, during the instrument’s test period.
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Materials Chemist Awarded Prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/materials-chemist-awarded-prestigious-marie-curie-fellowship
The Materials Centre has recently welcomed Dr Rodolfo Marin Rivera, who has been granted a Marie Curie Individual fellowship to carry out research in the field of process engineering for sustainable recovery of valuable metals by ELECTRO-IONometallurgy.
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Elfen
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/elfen
Elfen is a novel space mission that will constrain the influence of heavy ions on the dayside of the magnetosphere, as well as the mechanism that feed the formation and evolution of the nightside low-latitude plasma sheet.
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Space sector needs ‘greater imagination’ to tackle skills challenge, expert warns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/space-sector-house-of-lords
Professor Martin Barstow from Space Park Leicester and the University of Leicester contributes to a new House of Lords report
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Geologists reveal omnipresent effects of human impact on Englands landscape
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/geologists-reveal-2018omnipresent2019-effects-of-human-impact-on-england2019s-landscape
‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from our Department of Geology.
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External examining for assessed components excluding the Thesis
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-3/external-examining
(3)9.62 External examiners shall be appointed to provide impartial and informed comment on the academic standards of the programme and on professional doctorate student achievement in relation to those standards. (3)9.
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‘We take sexual violence extremely seriously’: Why should universities care about sexual violence?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/03/07/we-take-sexual-violence-extremely-seriously-why-should-universities-care-about-sexual-violence/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on March 7, 2024 Harriet Smailes – Postgraduate Researcher [Content warning: sexual violence – university and local support services: https://reportandsupport.le.ac.
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Jupiter awaits Junos arrival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiter-awaits-juno2019s-arrival
Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno’s target, a week ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival at the giant planet.
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Colin Hyde
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/colin_hyde/
Colin Hyde manages the East Midlands Oral History Archive, based in Special Collections.