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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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Renowned Indian actor and film producer to speak at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/renowned-indian-actor-and-film-producer-to-speak-at-our-university
Renowned Indian actor, film producer and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mohan Agashe will be delivering a talk on how films can be a source of nutritional entertainment at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 July.
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University’s proud history ingrained in future-looking £150m student village
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/freemens-post-launch
The University of Leicester gave a nod to its past as it looked to the future when unveiling its new student village.
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Convicts and the Sea
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/25/convicts-and-the-sea-the-naval-influence-on-gibraltar-convict-establishment/
Blog about the influence of naval practice on the punishment of convicts on the royal dockyard in Gibraltar in the nineteenth century.
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Current research students
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/people/current-research-students
Browse our PhD students in Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester, learn more about their research projects and see their contact details.
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Special comedy event and animated film in honour of playwright and provocateur Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/special-comedy-event-and-animated-film-in-honour-of-playwright-and-provocateur-joe-orton
To mark 50 years since the death of Joe Orton, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Shepherd is collaborating with Dr Emma Parker from our School of Arts on an Arts Council-funded project inspired by prank letters of complaint that Orton penned using the pseudonym Mrs Edna Welthorpe.
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How to think about Social Distancing and Containment using Network Formation Games
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/28/how-to-think-about-social-distancing-and-containment-using-network-formation-games/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 28, 2020 An unreliable test and tracing system risks becoming counter-productive once we consider how it may affect people’s behaviour, writes Dr.
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University cricketers highlight the need for blood donation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-cricketers-highlight-the-need-for-blood-donation
Players from the University of Leicester first and seconds cricket team and development squad dressed in their cricket whites to donate blood and help save and improve lives.
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University wins award for training in breast feeding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/midwifery
The University of Leicester has been awarded the prestigious Baby Friendly Award (BFI) from UNICEF in recognition of the high levels of breastfeeding training given to Midwifery students
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Alex Whitfield: 'Learning in Living Knowledge'
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/alex-whitfield
Museum Studies graduate Alex Whitfield discusses her life and career after graduating from Leicester with a Masters and a PhD.