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Professor Vincent Newey (1943–2020)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/vincent-newey
Professor Philip Shaw writes: It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Vincent Newey, our colleague, friend and former Head of Department, has passed away.
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Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester
Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November. Renowned for his performance as King Lear in New York 2014, Michael reprised the role for a major UK tour in 2016.
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British Schools and Universities Foundation
https://le.ac.uk/giving/ways-to-give/bsuf
Taxpayers in the USA can make tax-deductible gifts to the University of Leicester via The British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF) Inc.
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Better the Devil you know?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/08/30/better-the-devil-you-know/
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Onward to Mars
https://le.ac.uk/space/patrick-moore
By Sir Patrick Moore Mars, the red planet, has always had a special fascination for us. It is our nearest celestial neighbour apart from the Moon and Venus, and it is more Earthlike than any other planet.
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Space explorers to reveal how the Moon can unlock the Solar System’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/unlocking-moon
Talk at Space Park Leicester on 24 June by Co-founder and Chief Scientist of the first commercial company to soft land a spacecraft on the Moon.
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Leicester unveils new £24m renovated Students’ Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/percy-gee-launch
The newly renovated £24m Percy Gee building – home to the University of Leicester’s Students’ Union – was officially unveiled at a ceremony on Tuesday.
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Researchers provide new insights into gene regulation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-provide-new-insights-into-gene-regulation
A team of researchers led by the our University has shed new light on how the regulation machinery that controls gene expression works by characterising a complex known as the NuRD complex.
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Deprivation is ‘driving’ Covid-19 ethnic disparities, claims new analysis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/deprivation-driving-covid-19-ethnic-disparities
Deprivation is ‘driving’ Covid-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection rates, hospitalisation and deaths.
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Leicester's local lockdown: a blog from the Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/vc-on-local-lockdown
Leicester is the first city in the UK to be placed under local lockdown – a fact that has brought global attention upon us during the coronavirus crisis. I know this news has come as a blow to many.