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Leicester doctor recognised for his commitment to empathy education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/andy-ward
A doctor who has spent decades helping medical students and healthcare professionals to develop strong empathy skills has been recognised for his commitment to high quality learning.
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Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/07/nobel-prize-how-penrose-genzel-and-ghez-helped-put-black-holes-at-the-centre-of-modern-astrophysics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez will be greeted with enormous pleasure by physicists and astronomers worldwide.
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University of Leicester School of Business secures Small Business Charter reaccreditation for five years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/sbc-accreditation
The Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) has granted the University of Leicester School of Business (ULSB) a five-year re-accreditation of its prestigious Small Business Charter award, after a rigorous re-assessment visit in September 2024.
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First ever AI for Net Zero conference joined by University of Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/ai-net-zero
AI for Net Zero conference forms part of a programme led by Professor Heiko Balzter at the University of Leicester
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Students provide lifeline for local community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/students-provide-lifeline-for-local-community
Passionate medical and allied health professional students are taking their skills to the community in a life-saving initiative they are leading in Leicester City Centre.
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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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PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million
Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.7 million- which will be used to fund life-saving kidney research of global significance in our College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology.
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Tribute to architect behind iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/tribute-to-architect-behind-iconic-engineering-building
The architect James Gowan, who co-designed the University of Leicester’s Engineering Building, has died aged 92. He formed a partnership with James Stirling in the 1950s the results of which included our Engineering Building, completed in 1963.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/corinne_lambert/
The Dryad Collection – basket weaving Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection, I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the...
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Sports stars supported by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sports-scholars
An Olympic hockey player, a national dodgeball star, and one of the UK’s top snowboarders are among the University of Leicester’s latest Sports Scholarship awardees.