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Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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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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Dr Vijay Sharma appointed Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/vijay-sharma
The former Head of the BBC Asian Network has been appointed Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement at the University of Leicester.
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University of Leicester hosts landmark conference on ECHR amid calls for reform
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/echr-reform-leicester-conference
The University of Leicester will cohost a high-level conference marking the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Researchers call for armchair astronomers to help find unknown hidden worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/zooniverse
Astronomers have launched a new online initiative, calling for volunteers to come forward and help to search for planets beyond our Solar System.
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Leicestershire Law experts come together at University of Leicester event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/leicestershire-law-society-matrix-event
The future president of the Law Society of England & Wales addressed legal experts from across the county at the University of Leicester on Monday (26th January). Currently Vice President of the Law Society, Brett Dixon is a leading solicitor.
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Estates and Campus Services
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/professional-services/estates
We are Estates and Campus Services (ECS). We are responsible for maintaining, developing and operating the University’s properties to support our strategy and ensure that we deliver the service that our students, staff and visitors want and expect.
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Exploring Disabled Joy: Attenborough Arts Centre presents Traces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/attenborough-arts-traces
Read more about Attenborough Arts' latest exhibition, Traces
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HeForShe event aims to tackle gender violence on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/heforshe-event-aims-to-tackle-gender-violence-on-campus
On Tuesday 29 November, the University will hold a HeForShe Global Ideathon which invites staff and students to help generate ways in which universities can tackle gender violence on campuses worldwide.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.