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Two new volcanic ‘super-eruptions’ discovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/yellowstone
A new study published in Geology by Leicester academics has highlighted the discovery of two new super-eruptions originating from the Yellowstone hotspot track, including what they believe was the volcanic province’s largest and most cataclysmic event.
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Leicester Professor among Top 50 Women in Engineering
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-professor-among-2018top-50-women-in-engineering2019
An inaugural list of the top 50 Women in Engineering, featuring Head of Engineering Professor Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng (pictured) is published in the Daily Telegraph for the first time on 23 June 2016 to coincide with National Women in Engineering Day.
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Leicester tops student nightlife league table
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/21-nightlife-league-table
A new ‘alternative university league table’ ranks the University of Leicester as number one! Ticket aggregator site Tickx compiled a list of 53 universities, using non-academic (but important) metrics including monthly rent, pubs per square mile, available Deliveroo options,...
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Open Observatory of Network Interference: Tor Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/open-observatory-of-network-interference-tor-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 A free software, Global Observation Network, for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the internet.
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Students invited to take on the Miserchef challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-to-engage-in-miserchef-challenge
Students are to apply to take part in a ‘MiserChef’ competition as part of National Student Money Week from 9-13 February, where the idea is to demonstrate how you can have a healthy and nutritious meal on a tight budget.
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Leicester Criminologist to give expert evidence to House of Commons Home Affairs Committee
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-criminologist-to-give-expert-evidence-to-house-of-commons-home-affairs-committee-1
Professor Neil Chakraborti (pictured), Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, has been invited to give expert evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on 6 February.
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University of Leicester School of English staff blog Lingo of No Man’s Land
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/05/16/lingo-of-no-mans-land/
WWI slang dictionary Lorenzo Napoleon Smith Canadian
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Past Projects
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View our previous projects at the International Professional Development Unit
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First delivery to our University of high-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-delivery-to-our-university-of-high-tech-glass-plates-to-be-used-to-discover-the-birth-of-new-black-holes
Our University is providing a new type of X-ray mirror to the French space agency, CNES, for the Chinese-French satellite ‘SVOM’ which is designed to discover and study Gamma-Ray Bursts from newly formed black holes.
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Political journalism expert explains miners’ strike significance on BBC show
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/miners-strike
A 35-year career in political journalism led to a University of Leicester academic being called on to explain the significance of the 1984-5 miners’ strike to BBC radio listeners.