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Another Doctoral Grant success for School of Education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/another-doctoral-grant-success-for-school-of-education-phd-student
Keke Zhang of the School of Education has been awarded a 2015 TOEFL Doctoral Research Grant for her research into the development and validation of a rating scale for assessing argumentative essays written by Chinese undergraduates in English programmes.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/128/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.
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Local Freemasons donate 32000 to fund University research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/local-freemasons-donate-ps32-000-to-fund-university-research
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity has donated £32,000 to the University to fund research into visual impairments and the impact these have on different groups and their reading abilities.
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Performance trio explores the true beauty of the feminine form with a collection of poems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/performance-trio-explores-the-true-beauty-of-the-feminine-form-with-a-collection-of-poems
An empowering performance of poetry about women and the real-life relationship they have with their bodies will re-examine the way the female form is characterised in today's society.
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Literary Leicester festival celebrates tenth year with diverse new programme of events throughout the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/literary-leicester-celebrates-tenth-year-with-diverse-new-programme-of-events-throughout-the-city
Literary Leicester- our free international literature festival celebrating the written and spoken word- is taking place this week.
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New BBC Radio 3 drama inspired by rare Joe Orton manuscript
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-bbc-radio-3-drama-inspired-by-rare-joe-orton-manuscript
A rare and previously unpublished manuscript by playwright Joe Orton located within the Joe Orton Archive has inspired an upcoming BBC Radio 3 drama.
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Richard lll brings almost 60 million to city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/richard-lll-brings-almost-ps60-million-to-city
The discovery of King Richard lll brought in more than £59 million to Leicester’s economy, from the time of the discovery to the reinterment, according to an independent assessment - including £4.5 million generated during the two weeks of reinterment activities.
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Introducing PhySoc: Our Physics Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/02/introducing-physoc-our-physics-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 October 2020 University of Leicester’s Physics Society (PhySoc) is a student group that aims to foster an active social side to the Physics degree course with lots of social and academic events throughout...