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Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir
Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.
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Hilary Burgess
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/hilary-burgess
Professor Hilary Burgess came to Leicester in 2010 from a position at the Open University, joining her husband Robert Burgess, who had been Vice-Chancellor since 1999.
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Overseas Field Option
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy3418
Module code: GY3418 At the heart of this module is a week-long field trip to Berlin. The focus of the module thinks about geopolitics at the urban scale and the ways in which Berlin (and Germany’s) geopolitical history continues to shape the geography of the city.
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Overseas Field Option
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3418
Module code: GY3418 At the heart of this module is a week-long field trip to Berlin. The focus of the module thinks about geopolitics at the urban scale and the ways in which Berlin (and Germany’s) geopolitical history continues to shape the geography of the city.
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Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester
Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November. Renowned for his performance as King Lear in New York 2014, Michael reprised the role for a major UK tour in 2016.
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Leicester welcomes over 1500 school students on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-welcomes-over-1-500-school-students-on-campus
Over 1,500 students arrived on campus to experience a taste of university life as part of the Schools’ Taster Conference which took place on Thursday 29 June.
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Treatment which could prevent wound scarring to be presented
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/treatment-which-could-prevent-wound-scarring-to-be-presented
Research at our University has revealed a potential treatment to prevent wound scarring that will soon be entering clinical trials.
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Support for students with ADHD
https://le.ac.uk/accessability/support/adhd-support
Support for students with ADHD at University of Leicester
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Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies explores interdisciplinary research one step at a time through the power of walking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/walking
A new University of Leicester project hopes to explore the ‘power of walking’ and how it impacts academics’ research processes.
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The history of Leicesters printing press
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/the-history-of-leicesters-printing-press
In a feature entitled 'Printing in Leicester', Dr John Hinks from the Centre for Urban History has discussed the ups and downs of Leicester's printing press throughout history.