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Screaming jelly babies and cannon fire at Salters Festival of Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/screaming-jelly-babies-and-cannon-fire-at-salters2019-festival-of-chemistry
60 students from 15 schools in the East Midlands will enjoy an exciting day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry to be held at the University on Thursday 23 April. Each school will be represented by a team of four 11-13 year olds.
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Leicesters Indian heritage to be celebrated through inspiring art project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester2019s-indian-heritage-to-be-celebrated-through-inspiring-art-project
Attenborough Arts Centre, in partnership with seven visual arts venues across Leicester, has received an Arts Council grant of £25,700 for its involvement in a new project to promote cultural exchange between visual artists in India and England...
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How much is your time really worth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/how-much-is-your-time-really-worth
While a penny doesn't buy much nowadays, Natural Sciences student Osarenkhoe Uwuigbe from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science has investigated the popular idiom ‘A penny for your thoughts’ by working out how much of a person’s thought could theoretically be...
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BUCS Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-bucs-super-heavy-weight-boxing-champion
Third-year Management and Marketing student wins BUCS sporting title. Earlier this month, third-year Management and Marketing student, Odera Okwuosa became the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Super Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
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Leicesters Hospitals signs Memorandum of Understanding with China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester2019s-hospitals-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-china
Leicester’s Hospitals has entered into an important Memorandum of Understanding with the Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, China. The agreement intends to promote cooperation in medical research, training and education between the two institutions.
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Alumnus surpasses 100000 target for cancer research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/alumnus-surpasses-ps100-000-target-for-cancer-research
At the time of writing, Dr Mark Sims (pictured), who graduated from the University in 2013 with a Medicine MBChB, has raised a staggering £109,192 for Cancer Research UK through his JustGiving page.
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Determined student overcoming brain injury secures a place at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/determined-student-overcoming-brain-injury-secures-a-place-at-leicester
The achievements of an A Level student who has secured a place to study at our University while working to overcome a brain injury have been celebrated by the charity who supported him.
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Leicester academic discusses the Brexit white paper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-academic-discusses-the-brexit-white-paper
Professor Katja Ziegler, from the University's School of Law, has discussed the white paper which sets out the government's plan for Brexit.
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Oration by University of Leicester Orator Professor Stewart Petersen
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/honorary-degree-oration
Sir Jeffreys, one of the most distinguished Geneticists of this age was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Leicester.
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General Engineering BEng
https://le.ac.uk/courses/general-engineering-beng/2026
From prosthetic limbs to exploratory spacecraft, engineers design and build extraordinary machines, products and systems. But doing so often takes more than specialist expertise.