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Successful BME women to celebrate diversity and breaking down barriers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/successful-bme-women-to-celebrate-diversity-and-breaking-down-barriers
Successful local women will be leading a discussion on celebrating the achievements of women from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds and breaking down barriers during a free public event on Thursday 11 February.
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Salters Festival of Chemistry teaches students from local schools about science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/salters2019-festival-of-chemistry-to-teach-students-from-local-schools-about-science
64 students from 16 schools in the local area enjoyed an exciting day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry on campus on Tuesday 12 April. Each school was represented by a team of four 11-13 year olds.
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Shorts, Sounds and Writes
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/media
Take a listen, watch or read to find out more about our research. Subscribe to our YouTube channel Shorts Watch talking heads and interviews with our researchers – our shorts provide an eye-opening view of world-changing research. Watch anytime, anywhere.
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Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood
Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.
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Professor Phil Baker to leave his 'home town' University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/phil-baker
Professor Phil Baker, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Enterprise (PVCRE), will be leaving the University of Leicester to take up a new role as Pro Vice-Chancellor Medicine and Health at the University of East Anglia.
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Celebrating diversity during LGBT+ month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/12-lgbt-history-month
As part of a month long celebration of diversity, we are hosting a series of events to mark LGBT+ History Month, which runs from Monday 3 February to Friday 13 March 2020.
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Microbial genomes for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/microbial-genomes/higher-education
The study of genomes as an entity as opposed to individual genetic components is referred to as genomics. Learn more about microbial genomes on our website.
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University of Leicester celebrates Black History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/bhm
The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.
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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/wolf-hall-thomas-more-and-the-turks
Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life, including diction, with what he describes as 'outstanding' historical accuracy.
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Leicester wins Duolingo’s University Challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-wins-duolingo-university-challenge
Dr Fiona Ashmore from the University of Leicester has been crowned the first winner of the Duolingo English Test University Challenge.