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Leicester team to feature on University Challenge Christmas series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/university-challenge
As well as providing the 1963-winning team, the University of Leicester has also seen other firsts: in 1974, Sandya Narayansami became the first Indian woman to compete on the show, her team beating St John’s College, Oxford.
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Leicester PhD student sets her sights on success thanks to award for telescope research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phd-student-award-telescope-research
Natasha Carr from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy has received the Florence and Johnstone Stoney Award from the British Federation of Women Graduates
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Space Park Leicester to host IP and funding workshop
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/space-park-leicester-ip-funding-workshop-770
60-minute session exploring how businesses in the space and technology sectors can leverage intellectual property (IP) and funding opportunities to accelerate growth, secure investment, and commercialise breakthrough ideas.
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Groundbreaking ceremony for Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/30-space-park-groundbreaking
L-R: Professor Emma Bunce, Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics, University of Leicester; Sir Peter Soulsby, City Mayor; Liz Kendall MP, Leicester West; Gary Dixon, Chair of Council, University of Leicester; Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President and VC, University of...
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Challenges faced by aspiring female headteachers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/challenges-faced-by-aspiring-female-headteachers
The University of Leicester’s Doctoral Inaugural lectures series continues on Wednesday 23 May, when two new speakers from the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities will share their research into the topics of education, and social relations.
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Midlands universities in cold energy tie-up
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/midlands-universities-in-cold-energy-tie-up
A prototype refrigerated lorry cooled by liquid nitrogen rather than diesel is set to be the first beneficiary of a £60m energy research collaboration by six Midlands universities - including the University of Leicester.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Many children do not regain pre-illness quality of life a year after paediatric intensive care, national study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/paediatric-intensive-care-quality-life
Paediatric experts from the University of Leicester say better post-hospital care is needed to ensure children regain their quality of life following an intensive care stay
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Exploring the transient Universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/exploring-the-transient-universe
A novel mission - to understand how the Universe began and what it is made of – involves Professor Paul O'Brien from our Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/13/ground-breaking-view-of-the-cosmos-revealed-at-space-park-leicester/
Astounding images telling the story of a hidden universe through every phase of its cosmic history have been revealed for the first time at Space Park Leicester.