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Leicester researcher wins Silver Award in House of Commons competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-researcher-wins-silver-award-in-house-of-commons-competition
Riya George, a researcher at University of Leicester won Silver at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her biology research, walking away with a £2,000 prize.
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Leicester space scientist is the first ever graduate of astronaut training centre in Sweden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/space-scientist-dr-suzie-imber-first-ever-graduate-of-astronaut-training-centre-in-sweden
Space scientist and aspiring astronaut Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy recently took part in QinetiQ’s Gravity Horizon training programme organised by the Flight Physiological Centre in Linkoping, Sweden, where she became the first ever graduate to...
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AboutUs
https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us
Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.
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Physics Special Topics: Santa’s Christmas magic is Real
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/24/leicester-physics-students-prove-santas-christmas-magic-is-real/
Physics Special Topics: Santa’s Christmas magic is Real
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DNA, genes and chromosomes for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna/dna-higher-education
Information on genetics for higher education students, including links to relevant resources to help with research.
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Motor City Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/motor-city-stories/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 Archivist Gary Collins explains how the digitisation of an audio collection is enabling its contents to be used in a variety of ways, including for Coventry City of Culture 2021.
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jbridges: Page 9
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/9/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Solar eclipse echoes astronomical events during Richard IIIs time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/solar-eclipse-echoes-astronomical-events-during-richard-iiis-time
This Friday’s solar eclipse has as much relevance to Ricardians as it does for countless astronomers and stargazers across the globe.
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Schoolchildren to create bags to hold bones of Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/school-children-to-create-bags-to-hold-bones-of-richard-iii
Pupils at King Richard III Infant School are playing an historic part in the reinterment of Richard III by creating special bags that will hold small bones - such as those from his hands - which will then be laid inside the coffin.
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Funerals and Memorial Services
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/body-donation-programme/procedure/funeral-arrangements
If you have been accepted onto the Body Donation Programme, after you have arrived at the University following your death, your next of kin/executor will be offered certain options for your eventual funeral. Learn more about our funerals and our Memorial Service.