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History and campus
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history
See how far we’ve come since we were first founded as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College in 1921 - from getting our Royal Charter in 1957 to the discovery of Richard III’s remains in 2012.
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Shahla fronts international student campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uuk
A University of Leicester student has been chosen to front a national campaign which highlights the positive impact international students have on the UK.
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University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween
The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.
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Blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/brain-fog
High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog’, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots
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University of Leicester performs strongly on Student Voice and Organisation and Management in the National Student Survey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nss
University of Leicester students are positive about the organisation of their course and their opportunities to feedback on it, results in the National Student Survey (NSS) have shown.
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The miniature car created by a group of students that could change the future of driverless cars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/the-miniature-car-created-by-a-group-of-students-that-could-change-the-future-of-driverless-cars
A group of final year Engineering students, supervised by Dr Alistair McEwan, have developed a miniature autonomous drive-by-wire vehicle which will provide knowledge that could speed up the development of driverless cars.
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Leicester scientist discusses one of the most exciting planetary events that well see in our lifetime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-discusses-2018one-of-the-most-exciting-planetary-events-that-we2019ll-see-in-our-lifetime2019
When Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed just 140,000 kilometres from Mars on 19 October 2014, depositing a large amount of debris in the Martian atmosphere, space agencies coordinated multiple spacecraft to witness the largest meteor shower in recorded history.
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Transient Astrophysics
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/transient-astrophysics
At Leicester we study explosive transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts, the sources of gravitational waves and activity connected to galactic nuclei.
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Cutting corners results in rare genetic diseases being undiagnosed, say scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/genetic-diseases
Inaccurate naming of genetic diseases is resulting in some rare genetic diseases needlessly being undiagnosed, scientists from the University of Leicester warn
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Josh creates Mission Bake showstopper to mark the 55th anniversary of moon landing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/apollo
In a spectacular fusion of culinary art and space exploration, Great British Bake Off star Josh Smalley has teamed up with the National Space Centre in Leicester to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.