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High-speed supernova reveals earliest moments of a dying star
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-physics-cocoon
'Hot cocoon' of material enveloping a relativistic jet escaping a dying star. Artist’s impression by Anna Serena Esposito 'Hot cocoon' of material enveloping a relativistic jet escaping a dying star.
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University of Leicester honours charity chief for raising the ambitions of hundreds of thousands of young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/university-leicester-honours-charity-chief-raising-ambitions-hundreds-thousands-young-people
The co-founder of a social mobility charity devoted to raising young people’s educational aspirations has received an honorary award from the University of Leicester.
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George McTurk
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-mcturk
We are sad to report the death of George McTurk, a man who served the University for nigh on 40 years in the Geology Department and Pre-Clinical Sciences in the Medical School from 1963 to 2003.
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MA dissertations 1956-2020
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/ma-dissertations-1956-2020
MA dissertations undertaken by our alumni between 1965 and 2020 2020 Brookes, J. Shaping Worfield: lordly avarice, neighbourhood watch or wider forces: social change in rural Shropshire, 1440-1660. Coyne, A.
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Doctoral research thats worlds apart
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/doctoral-research-that2019s-worlds-apart
From one of the solar system’s largest planets to the finest of powders, the breadth of postgraduate research at Leicester will be on show on Tuesday 20 March, when two PhD graduates will deliver public talks on their respective specialist areas.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/13/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Andrew Dunn: Page 13
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/13/
Academic Librarian.
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Study finds higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-finds-higher-earning-men-would-take-a-pay-cut-to-spend-more-time-with-partners
Most men in Europe want to spend fewer hours at work and more time with their families even though it would cut their income, a major study on employment published in the journal Sociology shows.
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Leicester makes top 20 for UK global health research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-makes-top-20-for-uk-global-health-research
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) and Medsin-UK has launched the first UK University Global Health Research League Table in the Houses of Parliament - and the University of Leicester is included in the top 20 UK institutions.
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Salt mine in Yorkshire could help to shed light on Martian life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/salt-mine-in-yorkshire-could-help-to-shed-light-on-martian-life
A PhD student is helping to shed light on life on Mars by exploring similar environments on Earth - including an underground salt mine in North Yorkshire.