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Programme to tackle graduate gender pay gap
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/programme-to-tackle-graduate-gender-pay-gap
Our University will officially launch the third annual Sprint Programme as part of its commitment to advancing gender equality and improving the employability of students from less advantaged backgrounds on Monday 8 February 2016.
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Alumna takes presenter role on BBC current affairs programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/alumna-takes-presenter-role-on-bbc-current-affairs-programme
A Leicester geography graduate is to helm the BBC’s Inside Out East Midlands current affairs programme. Lukwesa Burak presented her first edition of the programme on Monday 5 September, which was a Brexit special focusing on the impact on the East Midlands.
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Professor Ryder and the Materials Group awarded European Commission H2020 research grant
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/professor-ryder-and-the-materials-group-awarded-european-commission-h2020-research-grant
The University of Leicester Materials and Interfaces group has been awarded a new European Commission Horizon 2020 research grant for the project ‘A Marketable Polymer based Al-S battery’ (AMAPOLA).
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Anna Rebus - History, consultancy and distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/anna-rebus
Anna Rebus, graduate of both the MA in Museum Studies and the MA in Heritage and Interpretation, discusses the path she took after obtaining her Masters from the University of Leicester.
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Explosion-hunting telescope tested by Leicester space scientists ready for launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/einstein-probe-leicester
University of Leicester experts tested optics for the Einstein Probe, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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Leicester celebrates Chinese New Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-celebrates-chinese-new-year
The University will be celebrating Chinese New Year, and the incoming year of the dog, with an array of activities and performances this Friday 16 February. Chinese New Year marks the start of the lunar New Year.
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Mike Le Bas
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/mike-le-bas
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Michael John Le Bas, who was Senior Lecturer in Igneous Petrology in the Department of Geology from 1961 to 1992.
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Leicester maths graduates awarded fellowships with National Institute for Health and Care Research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/rahma-mahfuza-nihr
Two University of Leicester graduates have been awarded fellowships with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Rahma Said and Mahfuza Anisa both studied BSc Mathematics and graduated at De Montfort Hall last month.
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Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the ageing process
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/wasp-aging-leicester-biological
Scientists at the University of Leicester have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of ageing
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Leicester in new study on social identity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-in-new-study-on-social-identity
The University has been selected as the only UK university to be involved in a Europe-wide project studying social identity.