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International students welcome at Leicester - response to Home Office announcement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/international-students
President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leicester Professor Nishan Canagarajah comments on confirmation from the UK Government that the graduate route will remain in place for international students of all UK universities
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ExoMars landing site revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-exomars-update
The landing site for the ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to search for evidence of life on Mars was chosen earlier this month in a meeting organised by the University of Leicester’s Space Research Centre.
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Poppy Wreath Pilgrimage to pay tribute to World War One Heroes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-pilgrimage
Our centenary video: So that they may have life G2wgWaQVTEQ A poppy wreath at the foot of a war memorial 800|University of Leicester to visit war memorials in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland On Sunday 11 November, Sir David Attenborough OM and Michael Attenborough CBE...
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Medicine offers weight-loss hope for patients with type-2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/surpass-2
New research by academics at the University of Leicester published today (Friday) has given fresh hope to patients with type-2 diabetes, after Eli Lilly and Company’s SURPASS-2 clinical trial showed that 60% of patients achieved a 10% percent or greater weight loss with 15 mg...
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Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/kylinxia-fossil-scanning
Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct ‘fossil monster’ that lived half a billion years ago, filling a gap in our understanding of the evolution of arthropods such as insects...
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Student shortlisted for Welsh Governments highest accolade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/student-shortlisted-for-welsh-government2019s-highest-accolade
English student Mercy has been recognised by the Welsh Government for her ongoing campaigning as a young voice for people with HIV. In February, Mercy was shortlisted for a St David Award- the highest accolade that the Welsh Government can present to a civilian.
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How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/how-the-enclosure-of-common-land-sparked-riots-revolts-and-resistance-in-the-midlands
A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins Lecture on 5 May.
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Leicester Physicists at the UK in Space Festival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/06/27/leicester-physicists-at-the-uk-in-space-festival/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 June 2023 From Mars, to Jupiter, and the planets beyond our solar system, University of Leicester researchers will join experts at the National Space Centre on July 2nd with their insights into our...
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A celebration of 100 years ago today, by Caroline Wessel
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/04/a-celebration-of-100-years-ago-today-by-caroline-wessel/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 4, 2019 Newspaper cuttings reporting Fielding Johnson’s Gift, from Astley Clarke’s scrapbook (ULA/D2/1) On Friday 4 April 1919 Mr Thomas Fielding Johnson purchased the 36-acre site of Leicester’s 5th Northern Base...
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Night-time noise linked to restless nights for airport neighbours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/aircraft-noise
University of Leicester team combined measurements from activity monitors and questionnaires for the first time for the largest study of impact of aircraft noise on sleep