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UK scientific expertise supports first high-resolution fossil coral record of environmental data off Hawai’i
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/hawaii-coral
UK-based scientist from the University of St Andrews and scientific operators from the British Geological Survey and the University of Leicester among international team of scientists that collected and analysed 426 metres of cores from fossilised coral reefs of the coast of...
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Midlands Mindforge Appoints Industry Experts to Scientific Advisory Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/midlands-mindforge-council
Professor Chris Brightling from the University of Leicester is one of eight inaugural members of the Scientific Advisory Council for Midlands Mindforge.
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Britain’s first space explorer is honoured by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-helen-sharman
Britain’s first astronaut has paid tribute to the University of Leicester’s world class space research.
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Distance Learning (DL) Sanctuary Awards
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/dl-sanctuary
Our Sanctuary Awards offer opportunities for those who have been forcibly displaced from their homes and/or who are at risk of political persecution, violence or conflict anywhere in the world to study with the University of Leicester part-time via distance learning.
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New funding to develop technology for first robots to weld in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/funding-technology-first-robots-weld-space
University of Leicester and welding specialist TWI Ltd collaborating on a robot-mounted arc-welding system designed to support in-space repair, joining and future orbital manufacturing
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University of Leicester School of English Staff Blog The Soles of Harborough Folk: New Digital Resou
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/11/11/the-soles-of-harborough-folk-new-digital-resources-reveal-leicestershires-shoemaking-past/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on November 11, 2014 [Posted on behalf of Corinne Fowler] Wise souls talk to young souls about shoe soles.
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Scrapbook exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/03/scrapbook-exhibition/
Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on October 3, 2016 The latest exhibition in the Special Collections programme is on the theme of scrapbooks.
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Botanical Illustrations are not only pretty – they remain relevant today
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/05/12/botanical-illustrations-are-not-only-pretty-they-remain-relevant-today/
As the University has announced an exciting programme of Summer events at the Botanic Gardens in Oadby, we explore the art of botanical illustration through our Special Collections.
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New UK ‘Space City’ cluster launched in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/space-city
£233 million investment in major UK cluster for space technology and research
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Leicestershire man says type 2 diabetes study was the best thing he ever did
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicestershire-man-says-type-2-diabetes-study-was-201cthe-best-thing-he-ever-did201d
A man with type 2 diabetes is imploring the people of Leicester to take part in a health study which gave him a completely “new lease of life”.