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Dreamt of directing Shakespeare? Well, here’s your chance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/shakespeare
A free community workshop at the University of Leicester will give people the chance to have a go at directing Shakespeare.
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Leicester graduate excels in International Hackathon promoting women in computer science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-of-leicester-graduate-excels-in-international-hackathon-promoting-women-in-computer-science
When it comes to paving out a career post-university, Software and Electronics Engineering graduate Oishi Deb is showing everyone how it’s done. Rather than kicking back and relaxing over the summer, Oishi jetted off to Barcelona to take part in WomENcourage 2017.
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Alumni to walk 100 miles for ex-SU officer with MS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/joe-charity-walk
A group of former University of Leicester students will walk more than 100 miles to raise money for their friend with multiple sclerosis. Joe Martin was a sabbatical officer at the University’s Students’ Union between 2005 and 2006 and was diagnosed with MS in 2013.
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Village Hub
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/life-in-halls/village-hub
At the heart of The Village, the Village Hub has space to relax with friends, play pool, watch TV, or play video games.
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Using Top Hat to increase student engagement and satisfaction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/04/24/using-top-hat-to-increase-student-engagement-and-satisfaction/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 24, 2019 Dr Curro Martinez-Mora in the School of Business has been using Top Hat extensively in the delivery of his Intermediate Microeconomics (EC2002/EC2012) course, working...
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Research explores how destroyed star rains onto black hole
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/destroyed-star-rains-onto-black-hole-winds-blow-it-back
New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star have been gathered by a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes giving scientists, including Leicester astronomers, an excellent opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole.
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How maths drives Formula One and launches Angry Birds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/how-maths-drives-formula-one-and-launches-angry-birds
Tapping at mobile phone games, waking up to sunlight on a pleasant morning or watching a Formula One race – such experiences are at the heart of modern life, and mathematics is working behind the scenes on all of them.
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Leicester Cathedral dig finds coffin of asylum surgeon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the coffin of the first resident medical officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum in 1836.
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Leicester's local lockdown: a blog from the Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/vc-on-local-lockdown
Leicester is the first city in the UK to be placed under local lockdown – a fact that has brought global attention upon us during the coronavirus crisis. I know this news has come as a blow to many.
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Managing a laugh students plan publicity campaign for Comedy Festival show
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/managing-a-laugh-students-plan-publicity-campaign-for-comedy-festival-show
In the midst of Leicester Comedy Festival, students from our MA Media and Advertising and MSc Marketing programmes in our School of Management and Department of Media and Communication have collaborated on a live project to promote the first solo show by writer Viv Groskop at...