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First-ever University Challenge champs aim to bring trophy back to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/university-challenge
A team of University of Leicester students will be bidding to bring the BBC University Challenge trophy back to the East Midlands for the first time since 1963.
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Economist featured in Financial Times front page story
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/economist-featured-in-financial-times-front-page-story
Professor Panicos Demetriades (pictured) from the Department of Economics has been featured in the front page article of the Financial Times entitled 'Economists say remaining in EU is vital for UK's future prosperity', published on Monday 4 January.
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Can Santa Claus see your house from his sleigh?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/20-christmas-lights
Millions of children across the world will be looking up at the night sky on Christmas Eve to get a glimpse of Santa Claus and his reindeer – but what if he could see your house from the sky? Students at the University of Leicester may have found the answer, after calculating...
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September Book Group: Labels – The University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/09/28/september-book-group-labels/
Evelyn Waugh Book Group write up on Waugh's 1930 travel book, Labels.
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Using Turnitin to teach about plagiarism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/30/using-turnitin-to-teach-about-plagiarism/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 30, 2016 Turnitin is not just for spotting plagiarism once an assignment is uploaded. It can be used to teach students about plagiarism.
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Leading Through Excellence: Lessons from Teach First
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/09/leading-through-excellence-lessons-from-teach-first/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 9, 2018 As an American twenty-something making a killing working in London, Brett Wigdortz might not be who we would expect to radically reinvigorate state education in England.
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New book explores innovative crime fiction by Caribbean writers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/crime-fiction
Dr Lucy Evan's new book, Crime Fiction in the Caribbean will be published on 24th October 2024.
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Sunday 3rd September Sol 27
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/03/sunday-3rd-september-sol-27/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 3, 2012 We have had our first day off, done by planning two sols at once. In the meantime we discuss the results so far and enjoy some of the NavCam images from Sol 26.
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Tuesday 23rd October Sol 76
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/23/tuesday-23rd-october-sol-76/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 23, 2012 We have reached the fourth scoop of material for CHEMIN and the SAM mass spectrometer, so steadily we are building analyses that will help us reach the goals of our mission.
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Friday 7th September Sol 32
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/07/friday-7th-september-sol-32/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 7, 2012 We are testing out the robotic arm for the next few sols.