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                    Liz Hockeyhttps://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/liz-hockey We are sad to announce that Liz Hockey, Communication Officer within Estates, passed away on 12 May 2020 after a battle with cancer. 
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                    Big Band raise the barhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/big-band-raise-the-bar Talented students making up the University’s Big Band have wowed crowds and judges alike with their performances at the National Festival of Music for Youth. 
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                    Desert Island Discs more than just a resource for good musichttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/desert-island-discs-more-than-just-a-resource-for-good-music On Wednesday 16 May Drs Nick Smith and Cathleen Waters from the University’s School of Arts will be discussing the results of their research paper which analyses the radio archives of Desert Island Discs. Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. 
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                    24-hour Summer Solstice walking challenge raises funds for refugee projecthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/24-hour-summer-solstice-walking-challenge-raises-funds-for-refugee-project Staff from our School of Arts undertook a 24-hour Summer Solstice walking challenge across Leicestershire in aid of a pioneering new project to resettle a refugee family from Syria to South Leicestershire. 
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                    Experts gathered to explore a potentially revolutionary method of diagnosing heart and lung disease from a patients breath samplehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/experts-gathered-to-explore-a-potentially-revolutionary-method-of-diagnosing-heart-and-lung-disease-from-a-patient2019s-breath-sample On 1 November, the EMBER (East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node) Industry Symposium took place, to discuss how the latest technologies could take us a step closer to accurately diagnosing conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary... 
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                    Special comedy event and animated film in honour of playwright and provocateur Joe Ortonhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/special-comedy-event-and-animated-film-in-honour-of-playwright-and-provocateur-joe-orton To mark 50 years since the death of Joe Orton, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Chris Shepherd is collaborating with Dr Emma Parker from our School of Arts on an Arts Council-funded project inspired by prank letters of complaint that Orton penned using the pseudonym Mrs Edna Welthorpe. 
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                    Population Health Sciences student complaints procedurehttps://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/about/contact-us/student-complaints The Department of Heath Sciences aims to ensure that all our students have the opportunity to benefit from their studies and other opportunities offered by the University. We welcome feedback on how we are doing. 
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                    Figures from University feature on King Richard III Pallhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/figures-from-university-feature-on-king-richard-iii-pall Figures from the University of Leicester feature on the pall that covered the coffin of King Richard III. The embroidered funeral pall was revealed at a reception service for the monarch at Leicester Cathedral on 22 March. 
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                    History, Politics and International Relations student complaints procedurehttps://le.ac.uk/hypir/contact/student-complaints The School of History, Politics and International Relations welcomes feedback, and we understand that occasionally you may wish to make a complaint. Find out about our student feedback and complaints procedure. 
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                    COVID-19: New focus on indoor ventilation neededhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/covid-19-airborne-transmission A group of leading virologists have expressed the need for improved indoor ventilation to combat airborne transmission of COVID-19.