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Our Space Heritage: Public event to celebrate Leicester’s long-standing space expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/our-space-heritage
Professor Pounds, who was also guest of honour at the opening of Leicester’s new Space Research Centre earlier this year, said: “Moving to a lectureship in Leicester from the UCL Rocket Group – with a doctoral thesis still incomplete – reflected the pace of change in the...
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The key to Leicester’s economic future: First phase of Space Park Leicester is completed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/space-park-keys-handover
Grant Bourhill, Chief Executive of Space Park Leicester, said: “The global space sector is expanding significantly, with some forecasts predicting a $1 trillion industry by 2040.
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John Locke’s journals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/04/john-lockes-journals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2024 Bodleian Library launch a digital version of John Locke’s journals : https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/?q=%22MS.+Locke+f.
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Foreign Aid Explorer (US)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/11/foreign-aid-explorer-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 11, 2019 USAID has developed a new tool which aims to increase aid transparency in relation to US historical foreign aid.
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International Women’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8 th March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This year the theme is Press for Progress.
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Informatics student wins prestigious business start-up partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/informatics-student-wins-prestigious-business-start-up-partnership
A new technology developed by a Leicester student that will allow commuters to talk to transport services through social media has received support from a highly competitive start-up programme.
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86-year-old PhD graduate amongst University of Leicester’s Class of 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/stan-hardie
An 86-year-old was amongst the thousands of students who graduated from the University of Leicester last week. Stan Hardie was awarded a PhD in History on Thursday (17 January), making him the oldest graduate of the University’s Class of 2023.
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1st August 2015 Sol 1060
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/08/01/1st-august-2015-sol-1060/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 1, 2015 Successful drilling at Buckskin! Like the other drill holes this is showing how thin red Mars is.
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2nd January 2016 Sol 1211
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/01/02/2nd-january-2016-sol-1211/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 2, 2016 This HiRISE image taken from Mars Reconaissance Orbiter shows Curiosity in its current position at the margin of the steep slope of the Bagnold dunes.
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15th June 2013 Sol 305
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/15/15th-june-2013-sol-5/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 15, 2013 This is a NavCam image showing that we have successfully placed the robotic arm turret against this Point Lake outcrop in order to get MAHLI imagery and an APXS analysis.