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Leicester academic heads judging panel to land robot on the moon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-academic-heads-judging-panel-to-land-robot-on-the-moon
An academic from our University has been elected to Chair a judging panel in a global $30 million prize competition to land a robot on the moon.
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Space technology explores large-scale changes to the climate of Africa
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/space-technology-explores-large-scale-changes-to-the-climate-of-africa
An international research team led by Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research from the Department of Geography has mapped the entire African continent south of the Sahara for geographical changes and has discovered that many areas...
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Music is in the genes University staff to play at charity gig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/music-is-in-the-genes-university-staff-to-play-at-charity-gig
Staff from the Department of Genetics will be performing at a charity gig in aid of Parkinson’s UK. The Histones, who formed last year to celebrate the department’s 50th anniversary, will be appearing at the Shed in Leicester on Friday 26 June.
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The Carceral Archipelago: Transnational Circulations in Global Perspective, 1415-1960
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-carceral-archipelago
‘The Carceral Archipelago’ has been funded by the European Research Council (2013-18), under the direction of principal investigator Professor Clare Anderson.
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Genetics study to improve prediction of heart disease recruits 20000th participant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/genetics-study-to-improve-prediction-of-heart-disease-recruits-20-000th-participant
A team of researchers from our University and NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (LCBRU) in conjunction with colleagues from Primary Care and Leicester and Leicestershire CCGs have recruited their 20,000th participant to a landmark genetics study.
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Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk
A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.
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How Leicester is driving the move from climate talk into climate action
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-talk-action
Professor Sarah Davies, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering at Leicester, discusses the importance of COP28 and the University’s dedication to environmental sustainability
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Space Interpreters from University of Leicester join the National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/science-interpreters
Students from the University will be spending 6 weeks building their public engagement skills with visitors to the National Space Centre
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Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod
The research team’s findings, published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters, show how ostracods began to swim into estuaries about 420 million years ago during the Silurian Period, beginning their exploration of many new habitats.
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Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/04/04/paper/
The Learning Outcomes Project at the University of Leicester. Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective.