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Munashe tackles the competition to join England Universities Rugby Team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/munashe-tackles-the-competition-to-join-england-universities-rugby-team-1
MChem student and athlete Munashe Fumhanda has expressed his excitement at being selected to join the England Universities Rugby League team. Munashe started playing rugby at around the age of 8, which eventually led to him representing South Yorkshire competitively.
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Leicester and Leicestershire schools and colleges receive 240000 boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-and-leicestershire-schools-and-colleges-receive-ps240-000-boost
The work of local educators across Leicester and Leicestershire to encourage young people to progress to higher education has received a boost today after it was announced that the local REACH Partnership, based at the University of Leicester, will over the next two...
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New think tank on diversity and community engagement launches
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/new-think-tank-on-diversity-and-community-engagement-launches
Update: A video of the launch event lecture delivered by Lord Ouseley is available below A new think-tank tackling issues relating to diversity, inclusion, migration, integration, race and religion is to be launched with a lecture by Lord Ouseley who is at the forefront of...
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Painting the campus blue to show support for Leicester City Football Club
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/showing-support-for-leicester-city-football-club-by-painting-the-campus-blue
With Leicester City Football Club just one win away from the Premier League title, our University will be turning its campus blue to show support for the local football heroes.
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Leicester facility to help optimise hybrid structures for automotive sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-facility-to-help-optimise-hybrid-structures-for-automotive-sector
The ASDEC – The Advanced Structural Dynamics Evaluation Centre – facility has announced that it is part of a successful winning bid for £1.
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Leicester leads programme to raise aspirations for disadvantaged young people in the region
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-leads-programme-to-raise-aspirations-for-disadvantaged-young-people-in-the-region
Our University is leading a programme that aims to raise the aspirations of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in targeted neighbourhoods in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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University buildings renamed after English Premier League Champions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-buildings-renamed-after-english-premier-league-champions
For one day only our University will rename its buildings after the Leicester City Football squad in celebration of their remarkable Premier League success and to show its support on the day of the team’s victory parade.
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ExoMars rover named after DNA pioneer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/11-exomars
The ExoMars Rover The ExoMars Rover (courtesy of ESA) 475|The European Space Agency has named its new ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, after the DNA pioneer, it has been announced.
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Professor James Devlin appointed Dean of School of Business
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/12-dean-of-school-of-business
The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Professor James Devlin has been appointed to the role leading the University of Leicester School of Business.
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Free public talk on climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/18-climate-change-talk
Climate/atmospheric scientist Katherine Hayhoe famously said that the most important thing you can do (right now) to fight climate change is to talk about it.