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University of Leicester expert to explore Parliament’s Brexit options in public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/04-ask-the-expert-brexit-professor-cygan
Adam Cygan|Law professor joins ‘Ask the Expert’ lecture series to discuss Brexit Professor Adam Cygan, lecturer in European law at the University of Leicester will be discussing Brexit as part of the Social Market Foundation’s ‘Ask the Expert’ series in Westminster, London...
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Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede
Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Stars align as Leicester awards honorary degree to NASA’s science head
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/leicester-awards-honorary-degree-nasa-science-head
University of Leicester honours the work of NASA’s effective head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, who revealed that beloved Leicester City mascot Filbert Fox has a special place at the United States’ famous space agency.
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£10 billion space telescope has only just begun to reveal universe’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/jwst-anniversary
Engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester, who have been part of the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission for 20 years, reflect on the first anniversary of its first images release.
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Leicester diabetes expert’s research supports ‘game changing’ obesity breakthrough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/semaglutide
Ground breaking research in diabetes led by a team of Leicester researchers has played an integral role in laying the foundations for new research published today, which reveals that a new anti-obesity medication is almost twice as effective in helping people lose weight than...
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Ukrainian History Unearthed in East Midlands Oral History Archive’s Polish Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/03/ukrainian-history-unearthed-in-east-midlands-oral-history-archives-polish-collection/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on September 3, 2025 By Iona Kerstin Volynets September 05, 2025 Content warning: This article includes mentions of massacres, war, labour camps, death, and illness.
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Leicester school leader’s devotion to education is recognised with honour from her old university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/carolyn-robson
A Leicester school teacher who became a national leader in education has returned to her old university to receive an honorary title.
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Academic discusses Anthropocene for BBC Radio 4s The Life Scientific programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-discusses-2018age-of-man2019-for-bbc-radio-42019s-the-life-scientific-programme
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology featured on BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Life Scientific’ programme to discuss research into the Anthropocene, a man-made epoch changing the planet’s geology.
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Revealing branching time in single-cell omics data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-revealing-branching-time-mathematics
STREAM logo STREAM logo| New single-cell omics technology allows scientists to analyse cell development in ways that were not previously possible.
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Career opportunities for Leicester’s China partnership graduates reach new highs, latest data shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/dalian
Graduates of the University of Leicester’s partnership with Dalian University of Technology in China are finding career success across the world.