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University of Leicester honours the President of Malta
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-president-malta-receives-honorary-degree-doctor-laws
Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the President of the Republic of Malta, has been made an honorary graduate by the University of Leicester. The University bestowed the honorary degree at its graduation ceremony on Friday 18 January 2019 at De Montfort Hall in Leicester.
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The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cotton-bobbin
Read the article "The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Woman and the Feminine in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3124
Module code: EN3124 How was the subject of woman, and the feminine, represented in medieval and Renaissance literature? Do images constructed by male authority reflect what it was like to be a woman during these periods? Did women actually identify...
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University of Leicester Institute Director is one of BioBeat’s 50 Movers and Shakers for 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/01-biobeat-50
Report celebrates outstanding female leaders in UK healthcare business
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EarthSense enterprise receives Royal recognition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/earthsense-queens-award
A specialist air quality enterprise borne out of University of Leicester expertise has been recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
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Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/tracking-a-solar-eruption-through-the-solar-system
Ten spacecraft, from ESA’s Venus Express to NASA’s Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event.
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Dogs policy
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/visitor-information/dogs-policy
We have reverted to our original policy, operational from 1947 to 2017, of banning dogs (assistance dogs excepted) from the Botanic Garden for the following reasons: Health & safety/damage. We host over 11,000 school children per year who roam over the entire garden.
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LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/business-executive-awards
Some of the top business leaders in the region were recognised at the 2021 LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards, supported by the University of Leicester.
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Advancing the protection of migrants human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/advancing-the-protection-of-migrants2019-human-rights
Leicester Law School lecturer Alan Desmond has recently edited an international collaborative book on the UN Migrant Workers Convention and its potential to advance the protection of migrants’ human rights.
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What the bones can't tell us
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/what-bones-cant-tell-us
We can tell the age, height and build of Richard III from the skeleton but the details of the injuries is based on knowledge of medieval weapons, armour and battles as well as on the bones themselves.