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Leicester ranked amongst prestigious top 100 universities in Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-ranked-amongst-prestigious-top-100-universities-in-europe
The University of Leicester has been ranked amongst the top universities in Europe by a new ranking of elite institutions across the continent.
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Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award
Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence in research.
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Leicester Heartwize team win top healthcare award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-heartwize-team-win-top-healthcare-award
The Leicester Heartwize Schools Programme has won a prestigious BMJ award in the Education Team category at the 9th annual awards ceremony held at the Park Plaza Westminster, London held on Thursday, 4 May.
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Leicester ranked a top 3 UK progressive city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/top-3-city
Leicester has been named the UK’s third most progressive city for social and environmental issues, which is great news for the University of Leicester’s students and staff.
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Pioneering new research revolutionises early detection of TB
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/19-tb-masks
Researchers at the University of Leicester and the University of Pretoria are revolutionising the way tuberculosis (TB) is diagnosed through the invention of a 3D printed insert added to a simple face mask, which has the potential to save millions of lives across the world...
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WGBH Openvault – Historic US TV and radio
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/wgbh-openvault-historic-us-tv-and-radio/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Free access to clips from the WGBH Media Library and archives which includes TV and radio programmes many with transcripts.
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Who are the top employers for LGBT staff?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/who-are-the-top-employers-for-lgbt-staff/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 Find out in the latest Stonewall Global Workplace Equality Index 2017 . It considers areas including recruitment, promotion, retention, training and leadership.
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PhD student receives prestigious research grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant
A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.
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Space Telescopes and Lobsters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/19/space-telescopes-and-lobsters/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 November 2021 Want to know how lobsters and space telescopes are connected? Our Prof. Paul O’Brien, Dr Adrian Martindale and Dr Steve Sembay explain. Listen to this clip from the BBC World Service .
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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.