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Health and Safety Services
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/professional-services/estates/health-and-safety
The University of Leicester is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of its students and staff as demonstrated in the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy Statement (PDF, 837KB). Contact us Health and Safety Services can be contacted on safetyservices@leicester.
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The Carceral Archipelago panel at the Fourth European Congress on World and Global History, 4-7 Sept
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/17/the-carceral-archipelago-panel-at-the-fourth-european-congress-on-world-and-global-history-4-7-september-2014/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on September 17, 2014 The Carceral Archipelago panel in Paris During the first week of September, members of our European Research Council funded project, Carceral Archipelago, attended the Fourth European Congress on...
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University of Leicester scientists reveal hidden world of baking in new Matt Adlard book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/science-of-baking-microscopic-josh-smalley
University of Leicester scientists have revealed the hidden world of baking through microscopic images featured in Matt Adlard’s new book, The Science of Baking.
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Innovation festival will stage events at Space Park Leicester and University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/innovation-festival-space-park-leicester-university
Three events in the Leicestershire Innovation Festival will be hosted by the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester between 9 and 13 March
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University pilots Leicester Academy sports scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-pilots-2018leicester-academy2019-sports-scheme
The 2015/16 academic year has seen the Sports and Recreation Service pilot the ‘Leicester Academy’ programme, with the aim of becoming the University’s hub for students to access sport related opportunities such as coaching/officiating qualifications, workshops and training...
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Novel analysis technique helps Leicester researchers to solve Beagle 2 mystery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/novel-analysis-technique-helps-leicester-researchers-to-solve-beagle-2-mystery
Scientists in Leicester have moved one step closer to understanding exactly what happened to the ill-fated Mars Lander Beagle 2, thanks to an innovative research technique.
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Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/
Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom
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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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A small but highly significant step for Britain in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/a-small-but-highly-significant-step-for-britain-in-space
Professor Ken Pounds (pictured), Emeritus Professor of Space Physics and a local pioneer of Space Research, has hailed the significance of Tim Peake becoming the first British astronaut in orbit, but warned there is so far no funding beyond his present mission on...
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International day marks the issues behind avoidable deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/avoidable-deaths-network-international-awareness-day
The third instalment of an annual global day of awareness of the issues around avoidable deaths takes place this week.