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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/5/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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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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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/about/
News and scientific results from the University of Leicester’s Juno science team, combining Earth-based observations and NASA/Juno spacecraft measurements to explore the Jupiter system.
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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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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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Physics & Astronomy: Page 10
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/10/
Leicester’s Jupiter Research on the BBC Sky at Night Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 September 2021 The BBC Sky at Night team travelled to the National Space Centre for a special show on five years of the Juno mission, featuring...
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Student from School of Business wins Presidents Prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/student-from-school-of-business-wins-president2019s-prize
A University of Leicester student has won the President’s Prize in a national competition designed to show what it takes to be future business leaders.
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Visiting Professor awarded the prestigious Presidents Medal from the British Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/visiting-professor-awarded-the-prestigious-presidents-medal-from-the-british-academy
A Visiting Professor at our University has been honoured with one of the highest awards for humanities and social sciences.
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Leicester spin-out continues to grow
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-spin-out-continues-to-grow
MIP Diagnostics Ltd, a Midlands-based life sciences start-up that develops 'plastic antibodies' for a variety of applications has received £300,000 of follow-on funding from Mercia Fund Management for working capital growth.
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Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology to bring our past to life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/festival-of-leicestershire-and-rutland-archaeology-to-bring-our-past-to-life
Members of the public are invited to help bring our past to life by taking part in the UK’s largest archaeology festival and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than before.