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Nine Leicester academics appointed to Research Excellence Framework 2029 roles
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/leicester-academics-appointed-research-excellence-framework-2029
Research England has appointed nine academics from the University of Leicester to serve as expert panellists in the next Research Excellence Framework (REF2029).
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Midwifery lecturer shines at national award ceremony
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/maxine-chapman
Midwifery lecturer Maxine Chapman has triumphed at a national award ceremony for her efforts to ensure culturally sensitive working practices.
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Clearing trip to see the University of Leicester changed Tom’s direction of study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/clearing-tom
When Tom Walters missed out on his first-choice university place, the next step should have seen him accept his reserve choice – until a visit to the University of Leicester during Clearing changed everything.
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Space Park Leicester expert called to UN Space Affairs meeting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/space-park-leicester-united-nations-presentation
A leading expert from Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering space research, innovation and teaching cluster, has been invited to deliver “world-leading” research to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
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Esteemed Leicester University professor hands over reins of celebrated Space Research Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/space-research-centre-head
A professor who has been the driving force in advancing space research and exploration at the University of Leicester for more than four decades has handed over the reins of the newly named Space Projects and Instrumentation Group.
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Equal pay day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/09/equal-pay-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2012 A report from the Fawcett society claims a backward step for women in closing the gender pay gap in the UK. See other campaign material on their website for more reports and statistics.
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Spaceport voyage inspires University of Leicester’s ‘galactic scholars’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/virgin-galactic-scholarships
University of Leicester physics students travel to Spaceport America, the home of Virgin Galactic in New Mexico supported by a Galactic Unite Scholarship, where they met Virgin Galactic staff and gained insights into the world of commercial spaceflight.
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Observing Jupiter’s aurora from the top of a Volcano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/01/observing-jupiters-aurora-from-the-top-of-a-volcano/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 1, 2016 As part of the ground based support for the Juno mission, I visited the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in February through to the beginning of March this year.
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Bo Chen
https://le.ac.uk/people/bo-chen
The academic profile of Professor Bo Chen, Professor in Engineering Materials at University of Leicester
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Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2015/03/09/behind-the-scenes-at-the-21st-century-museum/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on March 9, 2015 The Museum of Liverpool © Ben Kirkpatrick You can now sign up for our MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): Behind the Scenes at the 21 st Century Museum , which will run for 6 weeks from 1 st June 2015.