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Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash
An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.
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Leicester maths student shows entrepreneurial flair with unique student tuition business
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-maths-student-shows-entrepreneurial-flair-with-unique-student-tuition-business
A third year maths student at Leicester has demonstrated her entrepreneurial skills by setting up a successful student tuition business.
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Free online course offers insights into the time of Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/free-online-course-offers-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii
As the first anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III approaches in March, our University is relaunching its highly popular online course that explores what it was really like to live in the world of the last Plantagenet King.
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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Delayed publication of government-commissioned research inquiry unearths chaotic records and weak rules
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/delayed-publication-of-government-commissioned-research-inquiry-unearths-chaotic-records-and-weak-rules
A senior member of our University has welcomed a new report relating to government-commissioned research.
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Colonial Countryside project featured on A Place in the Country
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-country-houses
Children gathered around Beckford table Children gathered around Beckford table|ITV programme explores research into connections between English country houses, Africa, the Caribbean and East India Company.
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Nicola Mackintosh
https://le.ac.uk/people/nicola-mackintosh
The academic profile of Dr Nicola Mackintosh, Professor in Social Science applied to Health at University of Leicester
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Global Strategy, Innovation and Operations
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mk7053
Module code: MK7053 This module provides an integrated overview of how global organisations navigate strategy, innovation, and operations to remain competitive in dynamic international markets.
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Awards and collaborations
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/cpbe/about/awards-and-collaborations
Name Medal/award Professor Richard J. Aldridge Coke Medal, Geological Society of London, 2012 Professor Richard J.
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Realism and the Cinema
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha1114
Module code: HA1114 Realism and the Cinema from its nineteenth-century origins to the digitalisation of the twenty first century, cinema has drawn on the ability of the camera to give an impression of reality.