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University stamp features on postbox to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail Special Stamps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-stamp-to-feature-on-postbox-in-leicester-to-mark-the-50th-anniversary-of-royal-mail-special-stamps
The stamp of the University of Leicester issued in 1971 was unveiled today by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle on a post box in Leicester to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail’s much-loved modern Special Stamps programme.
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PhD student invited to Vienna to present his research on how living things become fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/phd-student-invited-to-vienna-to-present-his-research-on-how-living-things-become-fossils
A palaeontologist has been invited to Vienna to talk about his doctoral research in the field taphonomy – the process of fossilisation.
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Waves of success for Leicester electromagnetism expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/waves-success-electromagnetism-expert
Dr Muhammad Zubair is awarded Young Professional of the Year by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society recognising his efforts to promote emerging research areas, support early-career researchers, and strengthen international collaboration
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Researcher lands £250k funding to continue investigation into DNA damage and its link to cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/amanda-chaplin
A university researcher has been awarded a prestigious prize to continue her cutting-edge work to understand how the body responds to DNA damage that can ultimately lead to cancer.
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National Year of Reading 2026
https://le.ac.uk/library/get-involved/national-year-of-reading-2026
Everyone knows the benefits of reading: it expands your world, sharpens your mind. It might even make you more creative or successful. But increasingly, fewer of us are making time to read. We will be working with partners to celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026.
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So that they may have life: a film
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life
Watch our Centenary celebration video, 'So that they may have life', and learn about Dr Astley Clarke's involvement in the founding of the University
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Barbara Cooke
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/author/bc144/
Research Associate for the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project.
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Sisters are doing it for themselves
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/30/sisters-are-doing-it-for-themselves/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2022 Funded by the National Lottery, Sisters doing it for themselves comprises 14 oral history recordings covering the careers, life experiences and insight of 14 women selected by...
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The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp3145
Module code: SP3145 In this module we will study films from all periods of the work of this leading director of Spanish and World Cinema. The key aspects of Buñuel’s work will be considered, including surrealism, psychoanalysis ethics and humour.
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Geography in Education
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy2422
Module code: GY2422 This module is offered in co-operation with the Royal Geographical Society’s National Geography Ambassador project, an initiative aimed at putting Geography undergraduates into schools to act as ambassadors for the subject. This scheme operates across England.