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Celebrating Leicester’s Citizens of Change on National Graduates Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/national-graduates-day
The University of Leicester is marking National Graduates Day to celebrate the resilience and achievements of graduates from the class of 2020 180 students from the University’s School of Medicine graduated early this year to join the NHS as part of a national effort against...
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Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine
Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.
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Light exposure could hold the key to a good night’s sleep
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/fruit-fly-sleep-disorders-leicester
Light signals processed through the eyes helps regulate sleep in fruit flies, and disrupting those visual pathways causes abnormal sleep patterns, a new study by Leicester experts shows.
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Professor Alex Mitchell cited as one of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-highly-cited
Professor Alex Mitchell, Honorary Professor of Psycho-oncology and Liaison Psychiatry, has been cited in a list of ‘the world’s most influential scientific minds’ by the influential Web of Science Group.
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HyPIR expert on space warfare shares insights on Trump’s Space Force
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/hypir-expert-on-space-warfare-shares-insights-on-trump2019s-space-force
HyPIR expert on space warfare shares insights on Trump’s Space Force HyPIR expert on space warfare shares insights on Trump’s Space Force 500|Dr Bleddyn Bowen says that the US Space Force isn’t as new or dangerous as many think Dr Bleddyn Bowen (pictured), an expert on space...
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Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/webb-mysteries-jupiter-aurora-christmas-lightshow
Highest time resolution images of Jupiter’s infrared ‘dancing lights’ obtained by University of Leicester-led team on Christmas Day
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Libraries protect women’s cultural rights
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/libraries-protect-womens-cultural-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 Report from IFLA’s FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression).
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AI’s role in healthcare to be debated at international empathy conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ai-empathy-stoneygate-centre
The impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare will come under the spotlight at a major international conference led by experts from the University of Leicester
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Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass
Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note
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Celebrate culture and creativity with Attenborough Arts Centre’s autumn programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/aa-autumn
Highlights of its popular Creative Course programme include Captured on Canvas with painter Jemisha Maadhavji who was recently featured in BBC 1’s ‘Extraordinary Portraits’.