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• New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists

  A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.

• Gallery extension at Attenborough Arts Centre in the running for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/gallery-extension-at-attenborough-arts-centre-in-the-running-for-national-award

  The new gallery at our Attenborough Arts Centre, opened in January by Sir David Attenborough, is in the running for Best Inclusive Building at the national Local Authority Building Control Awards 2016 Grand Finals, alongside projects that include the Olympic Stadium in...

• Emeritus professor discusses experience of post-operative delirium following major heart surgery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/emeritus-professor-discusses-experience-of-post-operative-delirium-following-major-heart-surgery

  Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology Michael Wang from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has been interviewed by Imperial College London about experiencing post-operative delirium after major heart surgery in 2012.

• Elevate Grant

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/mrem-conference-2023/elevate-grant

  Information about the MREM initiative, the Elevate grant

• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain

  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.

• Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/15/reconsidering-southern-african-studies-from-the-indian-ocean/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 15, 2014 “Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean.” This challenge underpinned two wonderful days of discussion at the University of the Western Cape last week.

• Are we powerless to develop student staff partnerships?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/02/04/are-we-powerless-to-develop-student-staff-partnerships/

  Power dynamics in student staff partnerships.

• Royal visits

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/visits

  The University of Leicester has been pleased to host visits by members of the Royal Family throughout its history, including HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 2008.

• Prison noise examined in new book from Leicester alumnus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/prison-study

  A researcher has used her time spent behind bars while at the University of Leicester as the basis for a book on the effect of sound in prisons.

• Section 5 - Powers of the Council

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/statutes/council-powers

  Read Section 5 of our Statutes, entitled Powers of the Council. This section outlines the powers and authorities of the University’s Council.