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£5.5 million research unit to investigate chemical health impacts in everyday life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/hpru
New funding from National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical Threats and Hazards at University of Leicester
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Members of University of Leicester community recognised in New Year’s Honours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/new-year-honours
A University of Leicester student who struck gold at the 2024 Olympics, an internationally recognised surgeon and an expert in atmospheric science are among the outstanding individuals announced in this year’s New Year’s Honours list.
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“If I can give something back, I will!” - Vascular patients are shaping research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pad
The UK Vascular Research PPI Registry is led by Imelda Black from the University of Leicester
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Space researcher shares her inspiring story and advice to young women and girls hoping to work in STEM
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/hannah-sargeant-iwd
Dr Hannah Sargeant from the University of Leicester School of Physics and Astronomy shares her journey to becoming a planetary scientist.
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rutland-sea-dragon
Ichthyosaurs first appeared around 250 million years ago and went extinct 90 million years ago. They were an extraordinary group of marine reptiles that varied in size from 1 to more than 25 metres in length, and resembled dolphins in general body shape.
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Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/holocaust-memorial-day
Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future. At Leicester, the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies plays a pivotal part in achieving this goal.
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The Ripple: An Archival Retrospective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/08/the-ripple-an-archival-retrospective/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 8, 2025 Guest post written by Carter Buckingham who has been volunteering in Special Collections since August 2024.
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Supporting student learning in 2020-21: avoiding a common misstep
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2020/06/04/supporting-student-learning-in-2020-21-avoiding-a-common-misstep/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 4, 2020 One if the many important questions to have arisen during the current pandemic, is how we can effectively induct and orient students into new ways and, indeed, new modes of...
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Are museums ‘safe spaces for debate’? Not always…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/09/06/are-museums-safe-spaces-for-debate-not-always/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on September 6, 2017 I keep hearing people talk about museums being ‘safe spaces for debate’, and this always makes me feel a little uncomfortable.