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Leicester Professor honoured with global award for life-saving disaster risk work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/nibedita-ray-bennett-disaster-deaths-award
The University of Leicester's Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett has been awarded a prestigious Norio Okada Implementation Science Award for her work on disaster risk management alongside her long-time collaborator, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita (Kansai University).
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How do you win the research game? Hide the results you don’t like!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/01/22/how-do-you-win-the-research-game-hide-the-results-you-dont-like/
Posted by Simon Lilley in School of Business Blog on January 22, 2015 Head of School, Professor Simon Lilley and Director of Research, Professor Martin Parker , discuss the problems of comparing apples, pears and potatoes, in the ranking of business and management research.
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Viewing and writing Italian landscape: Luigi Ghirri and his legacy in photography and literature
https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/research/luigi-ghirri
Exploring the work of photographic artist Luigi Ghirri, his legacy, influence on contemporary photography, art and literature, bringing together experts from across artistic disciplines.
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Rural life
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/rural-life
Learn more about the collections about rural life in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Inspiring University of Leicester alumni shine at glittering awards ceremony
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/awards
A women’s football pioneer, a student who overcame a life-changing illness and a prime minister’s aide were all recognised at a ceremony to celebrate the achievements of inspirational University of Leicester graduates.
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£1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce methane emissions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/methane-tropical-wetlands
A ‘Digital Twin’ for methane emissions from tropical wetlands will be supported by funding to Dr Robert Parker from the University of Leicester and the National Centre for Earth Observation as part of the Future Leaders Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation
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University of Leicester receives funding to tackle the ‘Missing Element’ in chemistry diversity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/chemistry-diversity-student
£60,000 grant will create a network for undergraduate chemistry students from minority ethnic backgrounds at the University of Leicester and will support paid summer placements to boost research experience needed for postgraduate study
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His Honour David Brunning
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/david-brunning
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of David Brunning, a former member of Council and life member of the University Court. David Brunning was born on 10 April 1943. He was a pupil at Burton upon Trent Grammar School.
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Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp FBA, FSA
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/rosemary-cramp
The University was sad to learn of the recent death of its honorand, the distinguished archaeologist Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp. Pre-eminent in the study of the Anglo-Saxon period, Dame Rosemary was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century archaeology
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Student profile: Tia
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/tia-esrc-midlands-grad
Tia is studying on the Human Geography Pathway with the ESRC Midlands Graduate School. Read more about her experiences of studying a PhD at Leicester.