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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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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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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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Lord Sugar hails Leicester medic’s campaign to rename condition to avoid fatal mix-ups
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/diabetes-insipidus-avp-d-sugar
A Leicester medic has successfully campaigned to change the name of a rare but potentially fatal condition, with the backing of businessman and TV personality Lord Sugar.
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Marking Armed Forces Day at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/armed-forces-day
An Army veteran who went on to join the University of Leicester is marking Armed Forces Day by highlighting the University’s support for the Armed Forces community.
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Clearing 2024: Missing out on first choice university turned out to be a blessing for Charlotte
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/clearing-charlotte
For Charlotte Gallo not getting the grades she needed to her first choice university turned out to be a blessing as she joined the University of Leicester's Psychology course instead
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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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Collections
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/about/collections
The University houses a large and varied collection of materials relating to local history. It is arguably the fullest collection outside Oxford, Cambridge and London. Find out more about the collection, which includes the generous gift given to the library by Joan Thirsk.