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King’s Coronation tree to put roots down at University of Leicester beauty spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/tree
The King’s personal representative for Leicestershire has chosen a much-loved University of Leicester beauty spot as the location for an official Coronation tree.
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 4 (2018)
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-4-2018
A summary of year 4 of the Bradgate Park archaeological fieldschool in Leicestershire
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Dr Suzie Imber inspires young girls to pursue careers in space science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/dr-suzie-imber-inspires-young-girls-to-pursue-careers-in-space-science
Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy recently appeared in an episode of Channel 4’s ‘The Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year Olds’ where she spoke to young girls about pursuing a career in space science.
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Professor Stephen Wood wins CIPD best research paper award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-prof-stephen-wood-cipd-best-research-paper-award
Professor Stephen Wood receiving award|Award recognises excellent research carried out into performance appraisals and positive feedback for employees.
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Two new volcanic ‘super-eruptions’ discovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/yellowstone
A new study published in Geology by Leicester academics has highlighted the discovery of two new super-eruptions originating from the Yellowstone hotspot track, including what they believe was the volcanic province’s largest and most cataclysmic event.
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Trinity St David and People’s Collection Wales – Assembling Welsh Cider
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/04/25/peoples-collection-wales-field-officer-gruffydd-jones-has-been-out-scanning-material-on-behalf-of-dr-emma-jayne-abbots-and-elaine-forde-as-part-of-the-collaboration-work-towards-the-consuming-authen/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on April 25, 2015 People’s Collection Wales field officer Gruffydd Jones has been out scanning material at http://www.museumwales.ac.
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Cybervault- How is the US government involved in cyberhacking/ defence and war?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/cybervault-how-is-the-us-government-involved-in-cyberhacking-defence-and-war/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 National Security Archive based at George Washington University has just launched this new specialist site to reveal and monitor the activities of the US government concerning cyberspace.
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New frontier database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/24/new-frontier-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2011 Columbia Journalism review has launched a new database which aims to index and provide information about digital news outlets in the USA.
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Government funding for project to supply Africa with electricity from waste
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-pyropower-nigeria-electricity-waste
An Earth Observation Innovation team from the University of Leicester is collaborating with PyroGenesys Ltd. and a number of UK and international organisations on a project to generate off-grid electricity for remote rural communities in Africa starting with Nigeria.
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Goal 15: Life on Land
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/life-on-land
The fifteenth Sustainable Development Goal is to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.