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Student and alumnus to take on 3100 mile trek across the USA
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-and-alumnus-to-take-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa
Two amateur hikers from our University are daring to take on a gruelling walk across the diverse landscape of the United States, documenting the extraordinary environments that they travel through.
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Research highlights incredible insects during National Insect Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018national-insect-week2019-creeps-up-on-us-once-more
The feature, revisiting four occasions where insects played an instrumental role in University research, can be found here Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies - there are some who say they are not always the cutest critters, but they can certainly be one of the most useful and...
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Leicester professor elected fellow of prestigious Academy of Social Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-professor-teela-sanders-fellow-academy-social-science
A University of Leicester academic has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Hannah Lewis MBE to recount her experiences surviving the Holocaust
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/hannah-lewis-mbe-to-recount-her-experiences-surviving-the-holocaust
An upcoming lecture will see Holocaust survivor Hannah Lewis MBE recount her experiences growing up Poland and surviving the atrocities of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
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Awesome aurora device replicates Northern Lights phenomenon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/awesome-aurora-device-replicates-northern-lights-phenomenon
Leicester researchers will be creating Northern Lights for a studio audience using the University's Planeterrella during the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lecture on 30 December 2015. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are the UK’s flagship science series.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/gem/people
Professor Simon Conroy Simon’s ambition is to improve outcomes for frail older people by embedding evidence based medicine into clinical practice (‘campus to clinic’ translational research).
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Mapping the interventions
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/our-hubs/violence-reduction-hub/mapping-the-interventions
Mapping the interventions
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The Age of Bede and Alcuin: Anglo-Saxon Northumbria and Mercia in the 7th and 8th Centuries
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs3772
Module code: HS3772 The kingdom of Northumbria dominated Britain between the mid-seventh and the mid-eighth centuries in politics, warfare and culture.
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The Age of Bede and Alcuin: Anglo-Saxon Northumbria and Mercia in the 7th and 8th Centuries
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3772
Module code: HS3772 The kingdom of Northumbria dominated Britain between the mid-seventh and the mid-eighth centuries in politics, warfare and culture.
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Wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS)
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/wdxs
Here at The University of Leicester, we provide relevant equipment for students, including the Wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS or WDS).