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TEDxLeicester to take satellite technology one step beyond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/tedxleicester-to-take-satellite-technology-2018one-step-beyond2019
Some of the innovative and cutting-edge applications that satellite technology and its data are being put to will be explored in a TEDxLeicester event in partnership with the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre.
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The White Boffin's Burden
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/white-boffin-burden
Find out more about the Centre for New Writing's commissioned piece which looks into the perceptions of academics and research in ODA (official development assistance) countries vs academics and research in Britain.
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Study seeking to find first medication for Long COVID welcomes first participant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/covid-medication
Researchers in Leicester have welcomed the first patient living with inflammatory Long COVID onto a study testing the effectiveness of tocilizumab at relieving their symptoms.
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University of Leicester marks anniversary of arrival of Ugandan Asians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uganda-lecture
University of Leicester will host a public lecture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Ugandan Asians to the city. The lecture, Migration and the making of Leicester will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 6.
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Olive Banks (1923-2006)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/olive-banks
“Any attempt to raise feminist arguments was met with indifference if not outright hostility, and the paucity of women academics in general increased my feeling of isolation.
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New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey
New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).
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University of Leicester staff blog School of English BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz visits the Joe Or
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/26/bbc-arts-editor-will-gompertz-visits-the-joe-orton-archive/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on June 26, 2014 The BBC’s chief Arts Editor Will Gompertz visited the University on 25 June to make a radio feature on the Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.
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David Wilson Library changes for 2023-24
https://le.ac.uk/library/news/david-wilson-library-changes-for-2023-24
If you're returning to the David Wilson Library for the first time since the Summer, you will notice a few changes to areas of the building for the start of the academic year.
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From black holes to ancient fossils innovative images highlight University research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/from-black-holes-to-ancient-fossils-innovative-images-highlight-university-research
The winners of this year’s Images of Research exhibition have been announced, highlighting some of the key research innovations currently taking place from across our academic departments.
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Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy
New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...