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Sir David Attenborough highlights destruction of the natural world within a generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/sir-david-attenborough-highlights-destruction-of-the-natural-world-within-a-generation
Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough opened a new £1.5million galleries wing at Attenborough Arts Centre – the building championed by his late brother Lord Attenborough.
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Optics
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs/optics
The MIXS optics were designed with inspiration from a lobster’s eye. This is because instead of using lenses, like how our eyes work, it uses mirrors to reflect the light. There are lots of small channels that allow the X-rays to be reflected and focused onto the detector.
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Partnership to equip ethnically diverse sports leaders of the future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sporting-equals
Leicester City’s Premier League-winning captain Wes Morgan, now part of the Premier League’s Advisory Board on ethnically diverse communities, was also on hand to meet the students, and to explain an athlete’s role in promoting diversity and inclusion.
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Glimpses of the young David Attenborough in the University Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/09/glimpses-of-the-young-david-attenborough-in-the-university-archives/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 9, 2016 It’s well known that David and Richard Attenborough, along with their brother John, spent part of their early lives living on the campus of what was then University College, Leicester.
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Eric Henry Janson Teasdale (1896– 1917)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/01/20/eric-henry-janson-teasdale-1896-1917/
21st January 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Eric Henry Janson Teasdale, who at the age of just twenty gave his life during the First World War.
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Using Top Hat to increase student engagement and satisfaction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/04/24/using-top-hat-to-increase-student-engagement-and-satisfaction/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 24, 2019 Dr Curro Martinez-Mora in the School of Business has been using Top Hat extensively in the delivery of his Intermediate Microeconomics (EC2002/EC2012) course, working...
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Festival gives innovators the chance to link up with University of Leicester experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicestershire-innovation-festival-university-leicester
Innovators, businesses and non-profits have the opportunity to connect with experts from the University of Leicester at the Leicestershire Innovation Festival (LIF).
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F.L. Attenborough Lecture: Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/president-and-vice-chancellor/literary-philosophical-speech
Celebrating the University of Leicester’s Centenary 21 February 2022 Good evening everyone. It is an honour and a privilege to stand before you today to deliver the F L Attenborough Lecture on Celebrating the University of Leicester’s Centenary.
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COP26: Funding boost for new space mission to monitor carbon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/05/cop26-funding-boost-for-new-space-mission-to-monitor-carbon/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 November 2021 Leicester researchers will contribute to a new joint British and French space mission dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide – the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change.
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Clearing 2022: Brilliant Bianca grasps second chance at university in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/clearing-bianca
Psychology graduate Bianca Semczuk says choosing Leicester through Clearing “couldn’t have been a better decision”. Bianca, 26, had a first taste of university life in Poland, studying International Relations in Warsaw.