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Tim Peake describes the first time he saw Earth from space in new video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/tim-peake-to-receive-an-honorary-degree
The University has conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science upon British astronaut Tim Peake during a visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester on Friday 14 October as part of a wider tour of the UK.
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University-led event marks Baby Loss Awareness Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/baby-loss-awareness-leicester
University of Leicester experts are sharing their work on perinatal care as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week
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IBM to create first UK services centre in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/ibm-to-create-first-uk-services-centre-in-leicester
The University of Leicester has played an important role in securing the move of global information technology company IBM to the city.
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Chinese Prisoners on Cockatoo Island, Sydney
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/06/21/chinese-prisoners-cockatoo-island/
Chinese prisoners and former gold-diggers who were imprisoned on Cockatoo Island in Sydney (New South Wales). Explores how they were disadvantaged within the colonial justice system and how they resisted imprisonment.
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Tackling sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-kits
Professor Lisa Smith discusses how new DNA kits are helping to ensure survivors of sexual violence find justice.
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Stem cells collected in late pregnancy herald advances in prenatal medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/stem-cells
Pioneering approach, developed by researchers with key input from the University of Leicester, means human development can be observed in late pregnancy for the first time
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Unicorns to inspire the next space entrepreneurs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2018unicorns2019-to-inspire-the-next-space-entrepreneurs
Some of the most ambitious and high value start-ups are likely to develop in space-related industries and the University of Leicester is showing student and graduate entrepreneurs how they could create their own ‘unicorn from space’.
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Space Instrumentation Research
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/instrumentation
A page showing the range of space instrumentation research undertaken at the University of Leicester
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E-learning
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/lm3505
Module code: LM3505 This module critically examines the rise and development of e–learning in training and HRM.
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E-learning
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lm3505
Module code: LM3505 This module critically examines the rise and development of e–learning in training and HRM.