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Research brings hope of new treatment for asthma sufferers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-brings-hope-of-new-treatment-of-asthma-sufferers
Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by Dr Ruth Saunders from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation identified a breakthrough in the cause of airway narrowing.
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How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/how-the-enclosure-of-common-land-sparked-riots-revolts-and-resistance-in-the-midlands
A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins Lecture on 5 May.
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Playwright Kevin Laffan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/03/playwright-kevin-laffan/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 3, 2014 Kevin Laffan in about 2001. Kevin Laffan Archive, University of Leicester. ‘God alone knows why I keep trying to get a play on.
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Margaret Maclean: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/mm219/page/3/
Library Assistant, Rare Books and Archives in the University Library
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The Archives and Special Collections Internship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/02/25/the-archives-and-special-collections-internship/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on February 25, 2016 By Rebecca Couchman-Crook , Archives Assistant I applied for the Graduate Gateways scheme that the University’s Career Service runs for students who graduated that year, after I had just...
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Space Telescopes and Lobsters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/19/space-telescopes-and-lobsters/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 November 2021 Want to know how lobsters and space telescopes are connected? Our Prof. Paul O’Brien, Dr Adrian Martindale and Dr Steve Sembay explain. Listen to this clip from the BBC World Service .
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Applying
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/mature-students/applying
Applications must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for entry to full-time undergraduate degrees. Learn about when and how to apply.
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Sarah Casewell on the ExoCast Podcast
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/04/22/sarah-casewell-on-the-exocast-podcast/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 April 2020 The Exoplanet Podcast (ExoCast) is a regular podcast about all things exoplanetary, and this month interviewed Leicester Astronomer Dr. Sarah Casewell.
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A giant black hole in the Milky Way
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.
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Astrophysics Seminar – Wednesday June 15th 3pm – Can Cui on “Turbulence in outer protoplanetary disk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/13/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-june-15th-3pm-can-cui-on-turbulence-in-outer-protoplanetary-disks/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 June 2022 This week’s astrophysics seminar is by Can Cui (Cambridge). Online, and projected in LTA, Online access in Teams at the address below.