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How maths drives Formula One and launches Angry Birds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/how-maths-drives-formula-one-and-launches-angry-birds
Tapping at mobile phone games, waking up to sunlight on a pleasant morning or watching a Formula One race – such experiences are at the heart of modern life, and mathematics is working behind the scenes on all of them.
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Leicesters literary festival gives a glimpse into our possible futures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester2019s-free-literary-festival-gives-a-glimpse-into-our-possible-futures
This year’s Literary Leicester plans to take audiences where no-one has gone before – but might do, one day.
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University to hold dedication event for new music-themed sculpture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-to-hold-dedication-event-for-new-music-themed-sculpture
A dedication event for a new sculpture is to be held on our University's new public communal square. The sculpture ‘Adagio’ will be officially revealed by artist Mr John Sydney Carter and its donor Dr Adrian Weston MBE in a ceremony on Friday 31st March.
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University of Leicester lecturer scoops prestigious law prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/sarina
Dr Sarina Landefeld has been recognised for her research on the laws of war and armed conflict.
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University sports teams ready for Varsity clashes across Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/varsity
The first Varsity ‘season’ took place on one day in March 2000, when football, rugby, hockey and netball teams from both universities faced off against one another across the city.
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Jonathan Taylor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/jt265/
Dr. Jonathan Taylor is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester. His books include the memoir "Take Me Home" (Granta, 2007), and the novels "Melissa" (Salt, 2015) and "Entertaining Strangers" (Salt, 2012).
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Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature
However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.
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University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award
The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years
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Town Commemorates Convicts, by Minako Sakata
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/29/town-commemorate-convicts-by-minako-sakata/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on September 29, 2014 At the end of August, I visited Tsukigata, a small town in Hokkaido where the Kabato Central Prison was located from 1881 to 1919.
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The EU Why leaving is bad for Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-eu-why-leaving-is-bad-for-britain
With the country divided and just a few days left to decide, tensions are mounting on both sides of the debate. From the Brexiteers, there are cries of the cost of the EU, while from the Remain camp, you'll hear estimates of the cost of leaving it.