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Rugby star’s inspirational journey from training ground catastrophe sees him honoured by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/matt-hampson
A former Leicester Tigers rugby player who was paralysed in an England U21 training session has been honoured by the University of Leicester for helping others who have suffered similar catastrophic injuries through sport.
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Space images confirm England’s drought areas correlate with high land surface temperatures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/space-drought-images
Earth Observation (EO) experts from the University of Leicester have highlighted the correlation between land surface temperatures and drought-affected areas of the United Kingdom using data captured from space.
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A quarter of FTSE 350 companies have only one woman on their board
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/a-quarter-of-ftse-350-companies-have-only-one-woman-on-their-board/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 …according to the 2018 report of the Hampton-Alexander review into increasing the number of women in senior positions in FTSE 350 companies.
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Emoji is the fastest growing language
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode and the launch of Emoj.li.
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ESA provides a business boost for Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/esa-boost-space-park
Space Park Leicester has been selected as a new centre to offer the successful business incubation programme for start-ups in the UK, run by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Space Park Leicester to showcase world leading research and missions at national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-showcase-research-missions-national-conference
Leading space experts from Leicester will reveal their involvement in research and missions that are expanding our knowledge and helping us to tackle some of our planet’s biggest challenges at the UK Space Conference 2025 this week.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 125
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/125/
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Tuition fees
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/tuition-fees
Useful information on tuition fees for our postgraduate courses, including details on campus-based courses, distance learning courses and finance advice.
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Significant weight loss and blood sugar control seen in patients with type 2 diabetes following new medication combination
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/diabetes
An international team, including the Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), that studied the combined effects of semaglutide with cagrilintide (CagriSema) in people with type 2 diabetes, has revealed...
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Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/jwst-first-light
Scientists and engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been part of the Webb project for more than 20 years and have been involved in the design, manufacture and testing of Webb’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI).