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Conference Report: Forced Labour, Confinement and Represssion: European, Imperial and Post-Colonial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/02/09/conference-report-forced-labour-confinement-and-represssion-european-imperial-and-post-colonial-perspectives/
Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on February 9, 2017 Two weeks ago, a joint workshop on ‘Forced labour, confinement and repression: European, Imperial and Post-Colonial Perspectives’ was hosted by The Carceral Archipelago project and The Stanley Burton...
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Obituary: Vikki Orvice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/07-vikki-orvice-obituary
Vikki Orvice| The University is saddened to hear that alumna Vikki Orvice has passed away at the age of 56. Vikki studied a BA English and graduated in 1984.
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Leicester’s Jupiter research cited on new Royal Mail set
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-jupiter-stamp
The latest commemorative stamps from Royal Mail celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society. And the work of space scientists in our School of Physics and Astronomy gets a mention. Jupiter’s auroras feature on one of the £1.55 stamps.
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New hope for COPD sufferers thanks to Leicester patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/copd
An incredible 238 patients have now taken part in a clinical trial at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), offering hope for new treatments for people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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University fires up UK higher education with 'ignite'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/ignite-launch
The university that embraced distance learning in the UK more than 25 years ago has become one of the nation’s first to launch a fully flexible, dual learning approach to its courses from September, which will see students take more control over their approach to learning...
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Courses and Degrees 专业 & 学位
https://le.ac.uk/dalian/courses-and-degrees
The purpose of the DLI is to advance the exchange of culture, science, engineering and technology between China and the UK, promoting the development of education in both countries and facilitating academic collaboration between Dalian University of Technology and the...
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Leicester’s Centenary Scholars celebrate role in University’s first Century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/centenary-scholar
100 Citizens of Change Scholarships, worth up to £7,500, were awarded to students who submitted videos answering the question ‘what do you want to change?’.
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Successful Arctic expedition establishes new instrument for monitoring climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/arctic-expedition-instrument-monitoring-climate-change
Team from the University of Leicester’s Surface Temperature Group has returned from the Arctic Circle after establishing a validation station on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard
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From council estate to House of Lords – race equality campaigner is honoured by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/simon-woolley
A race equality campaigner who rose from humble beginnings on a Leicester council estate to sit in the House of Lords has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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New board appointed to advise on future space innovation in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/space-advisory-board-innovation
A new board has been created which will further strengthen Leicester’s pivotal role at the heart of UK space innovation. Leicester is one of the world’s most active cities for space research and has contributed to space exploration for more than six decades.