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University of Leicester media and journalism degrees shortlisted for prestigious employability awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/media-journalism-prestigious-employability-awards
Two University of Leicester degree programmes have been shortlisted for the Academic Employability Awards 2025. The prestigious new awards are being hosted by The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) and are set to take place later this month.
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World’s first disability hate crime conference will help to tackle Britain’s shameful problem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/disability-hate-crime
For the first time ever, victims, academics, support organisations and elements of the criminal justice system will meet to discuss the impact of disability hate crime.
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Welcome to the jungle: Leicester student recalls life-changing British Army deployment to Belize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/belize
Army reservist and Leicester student Lieutenant Rob Blackman recalls his British Army deployment to Belize.
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Space Park Leicester enables UK support of ispace’s historic Lunar Lander Mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/meridian-lunar-launch
Space Park Leicester's Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) used by Dr Sam Richards of Meridian Space Command to support the launch of ispace's lunar lander
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New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum
Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years
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150 years of the TUC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/150-years-of-the-tuc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 To celebrate is founding 150 years ago the TUC is creating its 150 voices to capture inspiring stories about trade unionists.
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New cell treatment could combat ageing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/senescent-cell-clearance
An international team of researchers have identified a new method for clearing senescent cells, which could transform treatments for ageing and related conditions.
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New research reveals the man behind Samuel Pepys’s love for portraits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-samuel-pepys-portraits
Samuel Pepys, the Restoration diarist who meticulously documented his life in 1660s London, also documented himself in other ways – through portraits.
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X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Optical microscopy
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/xrd-and-optical-microscopy
The Advanced Microscopy Facility at The University of Leicester has an optical microscopy suite which contains a variety of instruments which are available for the optical examination of materials.
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First Juno science results supported by University of Leicester’s Jupiter ‘forecast’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2017/05/25/first-juno-science-results-supported-by-university-of-leicesters-jupiter-forecast/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on May 25, 2017 Astronomers publish predictions of planetary phenomena on Jupiter that informed spacecraft’s arrival.