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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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University of Leicester sponsors Leicester Comedy Festival Business Partners’ Club
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/leicester-comedy-festival
The University of Leicester is proud to sponsor Leicester Comedy Festival Business Partners’ Club for the next 12 months.
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Supporting student transition to higher education: what (not) to do
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2020/04/20/supporting-student-transition-to-higher-education-what-not-to-do/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 20, 2020 The LLI is working with Schools to devise and develop approaches supporting pre-entry students’ academic transition to university-level study.
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University celebrates research with Doctoral College Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-doctoral-college-week
The University of Leicester’s postgraduate research students, early career researchers and research staff were celebrated in a range of events for Doctoral College Week, which took place from 18 to 22 March 2019.
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Affective Digital Histories: An AHRC-funded research project
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/digital-histories
Learn more about the Centre for New Writing's eight commissioned pieces exploring the afterlife of industrial buildings in Leicester and Glossop, as well as relationships between people who might have used them.
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Annabelle Sreberny
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/annabelle-sreberny
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Annabelle Sreberny, former Director of the Centre for Mass Communication Research. Annabelle Sreberny was born on 5 September 1949 to parents who had come to Britain as Jewish refugees.
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Tellurium (Te) and Selenium (Se) (TeaSe)
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/volcanoes/projects/tease
Learn about the Tellurium (Te) and Selenium (Se) project in The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester.
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Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours
Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment
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Careers: Work experience with the SAPPHIRE research group
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2018/01/31/careers-work-experience-with-the-sapphire-research-group/
Want to know more about the work of SAPPHIRE and what it's like to work here? SAPPHIRE recently had the opportunity to have a Sociology undergraduate student do a work experience placement with us.
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Doctoral College Inaugural Lectures
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/16/doctoral-college-inaugural-lectures/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 16 September 2020 Catch up on two Doctoral Lectures on Jupiter’s Northern Lights and Observing CO2 from Space Inaugural Lectures are where the very best of our research degree graduates get the chance to...