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Researcher wins Newton Fund Grant for Disasters and Development Research Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/researcher-wins-newton-fund-grant-for-disasters-and-development-research-network
A new project led by Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong from the Department of Media and Communication seeks to explore how media and communication technologies can be used during disasters as well as promote social welfare in the developing world.
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New report shows deaths during childbirth reduce by half
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-report-shows-deaths-during-childbirth-reduce-by-half
In their latest report, co-authored by a researcher from our Department of Health Sciences, a team of academics, clinicians and charity representatives, called MBRRACE-UK*, has looked at the quality of care for stillbirths and neonatal deaths of babies born at term who...
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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Influential artist Jenny Holzer on display at Attenborough Arts Centre through ARTIST ROOMS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/holzer
ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer 14 June – 29 September 2024 Free Entry Attenborough Arts Centre brings a new exhibition to Leicester, in partnership with Tate & National Galleries of Scotland: ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer.
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HyPIR Lecturer urges Welsh ministers to do more for Welsh space sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/hypir-lecturer-urges-welsh-ministers-to-do-more-for-welsh-space-sector
Dr Bleddyn Bowen, an expert in astropolitics and space policy based in University of Leicester’s HyPIR was interviewed by the BBC Sunday Politics Wales programme and urged the Welsh Government to do more to encourage space sector growth in academia and industry.
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Spring 2021 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/spring-2021
Happy Easter, Patient and Carer Group! Following on from the winter newsletter, a time to reflect and to support each other as we move into a new phase, and gradually leave lockdown, and celebrate spring.
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Open a UK bank account
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-arrival/open-uk-bank-account
Information about bank accounts, local banks and how to set up an account in the UK for new students starting at the University of Leicester.
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Freeths Mukesh Patel Award for Law
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/freeths-law
Local law firm, Freeths, has committed to supporting law students at the University of Leicester in memory of former Managing Partner Mukesh Patel.
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Living in Arcadia: Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the early days of her David Bradshaw Creative Writ
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/02/living-in-arcadia-sophie-swithinbank-reflects-on-the-early-days-of-her-david-bradshaw-creative-writing-residency-2019/
Posted by in Waugh and Words on May 2, 2019 Sophie is based at the Visiting Scholars’ Centre, Weston Library, Oxford Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the paradox of traditional and millennial values that exist in Oxford, in 2019, and her first week in Oxford, as part – time...
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study