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Leicester recognised for bang for the buck on research at Higher Education Oscars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-recognised-for-2018bang-for-the-buck2019-on-research-at-higher-education-2018oscars2019
Our University secured the THE DataPoints Merit Award trophy at this year’s Times Higher Education Awards, held in association with Santander Universities UK.
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Exploring the hidden world of eighteenth-century male bodies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/exploring-the-hidden-world-of-eighteenth-century-male-bodies
Dr Sarah Goldsmith from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has been selected as a ‘New Generation Thinker’ for 2018 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC, where she will be gaining skills in disseminating research...
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Person-Job Fit: Some Questions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/02/14/person-job-fit-some-questions/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 14, 2017 So the media appears to be full of stories about Donald J Trump these days, and how he has started in his new job.
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Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm
A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives.
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Award-winning students demonstrate their employability to EU experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/award-winning-students-demonstrate-their-employability-to-eu-experts
Two University of Leicester students have won the second edition of the EU Careers Challenge. Loren Cooper and Jean-Vincent Vallée were part of the winning team that were tasked with solving Europe’s challenges around the Digital Agenda.
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Student volunteer dishes out positivity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/student-volunteer-dishes-out-positivity
Izzy Evans, a Psychology with cognitive neuroscience student at Leicester, has spent the past two years volunteering with local charity The Bridge to offer a helping hand in the kitchen- an experience that she says has been ‘invaluable’ to her.
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Watch speeches for Attenborough Arts gallery opening in full
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/watch-speeches-for-attenborough-arts-gallery-opening-in-full
You can now watch the full speeches from the opening of Attenborough Arts’ new galleries wing, given by the centre Director Michaela Butter, President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle and Sir David Attenborough. Sir David officially opened the new £1.
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The forgotten success of penal transportation reform in late Imperial Russia: the lowering of prison
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/06/08/the-forgotten-success-of-penal-transportation-reform-in-late-imperial-russia-the-lowering-of-prisoner-mortality-in-the-transfer-system-1885-1915/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 8, 2016 By Mikhail Nakonechny . The late Imperial Russian prison and exile system is almost unequivocally considered to be the traditional embodiment of brutality, institutional inhumanity and injustice.
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Leicester scientists aim to inspire the next generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/cube-stem-leicester-scientists-schools
Artificial intelligence is the focus of a three-day event for Leicestershire youngsters aimed at engaging them in STEM subjects
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Midlands commission highlights action to address health and care inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/midlands-commission-healthcare-inequalities
Organisations across the Midlands and leading national health charities are collectively launching a policy commission which has the potential to transform the health and care of people across the region by addressing health and care inequalities