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Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings
Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes.
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Sand clouds, water vapour and sulphur dioxide detected on nearby exoplanet using world-leading space telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/jwst-sand-clouds
New study that has discovered ‘sand clouds’ on a planet orbiting a nearby star using James Webb Space Telescope involves University of Leicester space scientist, using the MIRI instrument that University engineers and scientists helped design and develop.
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Long Eaton, Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/derbyshire/longeaton
Listen to speakers from Long Eaton, Derbyshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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Inspirational children’s activity book aims to inspire the next generation of space scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/children-activity-book-space-scientists
Physics student Francis Watts puts together learning resource for Key Stage 2 pupils aged 7–11
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Craft Coffee
https://le.ac.uk/food-drink/craft-coffee
Find out more about Craft Coffee, the University of Leicester's coffee supply.
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Study reveals Congo swamps as the worlds largest tropical peatland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/study-reveals-congo-swamps-as-the-world2019s-largest-tropical-peatland
A vast peatland in the Congo Basin has been mapped for the first time, revealing it to be largest in the tropics.
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Leicester expert discusses the rise of bingewatching through new digital platforms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-expert-discusses-the-rise-of-2018binge-watching2019-through-new-digital-platforms
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality.
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Internet Verification Handbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/internet-verification-handbook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 Internet Verification Handbook How do you know if something published on the Internet is true? This free handbook has been published for journalists in emergency situations by the...
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Centre for Hate Studies Submits Report on Anti-LGBTI Hate Crime in Poland for United Nations Review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lgbt
University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies has published a report on anti-LGBTI hate crime in Poland.
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Celebrating graduation photos videos and more online
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/celebrating-graduation-photos-videos-and-more-online
Congratulations to all of the students who have graduated last week and to the distinguished leaders who received honorary degrees from the University at our degree ceremonies from 11 - 14 July.