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Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah appointed Chair of Trustees for The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/conversation
University of Leicester President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has been appointed Chair to the UK Board of Trustees to independent media network The Conversation. Professor Canagarajah previously joined the board in May 2020.
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Leicester academics receive cash boost for pioneering international space partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/bahrain-bilateral-fund
The University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight will receive up to £75,000 to support work on carbon mapping sensors for monitoring greenhouse gas emission management programmes in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region.
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But he/she interviewed well (part 1).
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/01/25/but-heshe-interviewed-well-part-1/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 25, 2016 So you want a job? Well first you have to decide what kind of job etc… Actually let’s skip over this part and cut straight to the part where you have to go through an interview.
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New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.
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Leicester Professors named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-professors-named-in-the-top-10-diabetes-experts-globally
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies (pictured) have been named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally on a list published at the American Diabetes Association meeting in Boston, USA this week.
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International undergraduate tuition fee waiver
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/international-full-fee-waiver
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce 150 full fee waivers to international undergraduate students over the next five years.
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Financial concerns lead to symptoms of depression in healthcare workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/healthcare-workers
Financial concerns among healthcare workers are a driving factor for declining mental health.
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Attenborough Arts Centre announces a year of upcoming exhibitions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/aac
Attenborough Arts Centre announces its new exhibitions for 2024/25
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Limited tickets left for immersive respiratory virus event at King Power Stadium this summer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/respiratory-king-power-event
An interactive science event turning the home of Leicester City Football Club into a respiratory virus museum has sold out in just five days.
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Student placement in Special Collections, Week 1-2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/07/31/student-placement-in-special-collections-week-1-2/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on July 31, 2025 Guest post written by Yi-Chen Su and Yongqin Huang, who are completing an eight week placement in Archives & Special Collections as part of their MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies .