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Battery research project involving Leicester receives fresh investment from Faraday Institution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/battery-recycling-faraday
University of Leicester scientists will lend their expertise to the Recycling and Reuse (ReLiB) project, which will develop, improve and scale recycling technologies and transition them to industry.
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Sarah Wood: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/sarah_farrell/page/2/
I work in the Archives & Special Collections team, based in the David Wilson Library. My role as the Assistant Archivist includes acquisitions and appraisal, cataloguing, copyright enquiries, outreach activities, exhibition curation, and teaching.
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Prestigious awards for University of Leicester from the Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/11-prestigious-awards-university-of-leicester-from-royal-astronomical-society
Prestigious awards for University of Leicester from the Royal Astronomical Society Space|University of Leicester academics recognised for their work in planetary and space science Two University of Leicester academics, Dr Tom Stallard and Dr Nial Tanvir, both from the...
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The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch
A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.
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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.
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Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor
Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, joined the University of Leicester as Chancellor on 1 March 2023.
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PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition
30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.
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Students awarded further funding to develop innovative mobile app
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/museum-studies-master2019s-students-awarded-further-funding-to-develop-innovative-mobile-app
A team from the University of Leicester has been announced as Summer of Student Innovation winners, bagging funding and support develop their edtech idea in collaboration with Jisc – a UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital...
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Schools are key to raising aspirations for next generation of doctors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/schools-are-key-to-raising-aspirations-for-next-generation-of-doctors
Teachers and careers advisers are key to improving access to the medical profession for young people in some of the country’s most socially disadvantaged areas – but universities must reach out to give them the support that they need, says the new Head of our Medical School.
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Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.