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• Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet

  Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.

• Literary Leicester 2015 returns

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/literary-leicester-2015-line-up-announced

  The line-up of authors and special guests attending Literary Leicester 2015, who will be delivering a range of exciting and stimulating sessions to audiences, has been revealed. Literary Leicester is among the city’s leading annual festivals of the written and spoken word.

• Sustainable development roadshow offers opportunities to local businesses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/sustainable-development-roadshow-offers-opportunities-to-local-businesses

  The University's School of Business will host a free, public event seeking to encourage growth in local business on Tuesday 9 May.

• A Historical Long View of Posthumous Harm: Comparing organ snatching to body-snatching. By Floris To

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/16/organ-and-body-snatching/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 16, 2016   Improper Procurement and Retention   Taking organs of dead children without parental permission at Alder Hey is a practice The Economist (2001) dubbed the ‘return of the body-snatchers’.

• Speaking out against hate crime at Police event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/speaking-out-against-hate-crime-at-police-event

  Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy from the University’s Centre for Hate Studies will be joining a panel discussion about hate crime, alongside the Police Crime Commissioner for Leicester and the mother of hate crime victim Sophie Lancaster.

• Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/centre-organisations-sustainable-success

  The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.

• Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil

  A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil and Argentina.

• University delivers English language training to nurses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/cite-uhl

  The University of Leicester’s Centre for International Training and Education (CITE) has been working with University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) to deliver English language training for a small group of its overseas trained nurses.

• Expert opinions cover language the sink estate strategy black holes Poland and the solar system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/expert-opinions-cover-language-the-sink-estate-strategy-black-holes-pornstar-shaming-and-the-solar-system

  Dr Saeeda Shah from the School of Education has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing David Cameron's latest announcements on language-learning.

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

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

  Host, Professor Alice Roberts, said: “What I love about Digging for Britain is that, when we set out to film the series, we have no idea what discoveries might come to light.