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University of Leicester named as finalist in two Green Gown Award categories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/green-gown
The University of Leicester has been shortlisted for Student Engagement and Tomorrow’s Employees projects
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New report shows UK ‘poorly prepared’ to reach net-zero carbon economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/just-transition
The UK Government must take urgent action to deliver a ‘just transition’ for workers as the country shifts towards a greener economy, according to a new study.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/law/research
Leicester Law School is a research-led department committed to producing the highest quality of scholarship while recognising the important relationship between excellence in research and in teaching. Find out more about the research undertaken by the School.
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Mars Sample Return DWI
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/mars-sample-return
The University of Leicester is leading a UK consortium of industry and academia to develop a Double Walled Isolator (DWI) Qualification Model (QM) for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign.
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Competing on the centre right: An examination of party strategy in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/competing-on-the-centre-right
This research project provided a detailed analysis of the ideology, policies and strategy of the Conservative Party and UKIP at the 2009 European Parliament and the next general election.
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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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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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Routine eye screening provides a window to heart health in type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/eye-screening-heart-disease-diabetes
New findings by Leicester experts have shown that routine eye screening could also be used for early detection of underlying heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/2/
National Space Centre: Space Lates – the Night Sky Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 January 2023 Join the team at the National Space Centre on January 20th, where they will explore the night sky, from constellation mythology to the future...