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Leicester receives record Turing Scheme funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/turing
Having secured its largest-ever single grant for overseas mobility in 2023, Leicester has once more successfully bid for Turing funding to support outbound student mobility.
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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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Learn more about the Chaplaincy team at the University of Leicester.
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University records
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/records
Browse the officers of University College Leicester from its founding in 1921 (as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College) through to its award of the Royal Charter in 1957.
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Centre for Hate Studies secures record grant for student harassment research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/hate-studies
A major study that will examine harassment against university students in England has secured a record amount of funding for the University of Leicester’s College of Social Science, Arts and Humanities.
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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth
A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.
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Academics celebrate Leicesters Premier League victory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academics-celebrate-leicesters-premier-league-victory
Academics from across the University have been celebrating Leicester City Football Club's sensational victory in the Premier League - the first time in history and making Leicester one of only six teams to win the Premier League.
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Effective crew resource management vital to police air support, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/npas
The CRM framework has been applied to NPAS training and operations for many years, but Dr Bennett’s project was the first time the organisation’s application of CRM techniques has been studied sociologically, specifically through in-vivo ethnographic research.
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Centre for New Writing Events Sept-Dec 2013 University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/centre-for-new-writing-events-sept-dec-2013/
Posted by corinnefowler in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 SuAndi We have planned an exciting programme of free literary events this semester at the Centre for New Writing (CNW).
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An Indian Summer returns to Leicester for fifth year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/an-indian-summer-returns-to-leicester-for-fifth-year
The University of Leicester is once again sponsoring An Indian Summer, a festival in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter that gives people the chance to experience the varied culture of India.