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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.
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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
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Leicester expert comments on new report into Class Pay Gap
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-expert-comments-on-new-report-into-class-pay-gap
Dr Daniela Rudloff from the School of Business has commented on a new BBC Report on Social Mobility which found a class pay gap in a number of UK professions.
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Range of events taking place to celebrate Black History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/range-of-events-taking-place-to-celebrate-black-history-month
October 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Black History Month in the UK- a time to celebrate black history, arts and culture.
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Expert opinions cover the Stoke byelection rocks and Indian banknotes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-trump-rocks-an-indian-banknotes
Inès Hassen, Researcher at the Centre for Urban History and Teaching Fellow in French Studies, discusses how the cultural and economic history of Leicester serves as a beneficial reference in a world in need of hope.
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Study of freelance workers examines link between hours worked and their well-being
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-of-freelance-workers-examines-link-between-hours-worked-and-their-well-being
A new study of freelance workers has discovered key factors that affect their well-being – either making them happier or increasing anxiety and risking depression.
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University of Leicester engineer to work on game changing drone technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/lrft-fellowship
A university engineer will take a year away from teaching to work on state-of-the-art drone technology.
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Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic
The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and tensions, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.
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Continuing inequalities contribute to the wide variation in rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths across the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perinatal
The MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of Leicester’s The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) research group, has published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal...
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Professor Mustafa Arici
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/mustafa-arici
Find out more about Professor Mustafa Arici, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. He is Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.