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BRC Director chosen to receive international outstanding achievement award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/diabetes-ada-award-melanie-davies
Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC, Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
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Astronomers discover four new ‘hot Jupiters’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/hot-jupiters
An international team of space scientists have discovered four new ‘hot Jupiters’ in our galaxy. University of Leicester PhD researcher Rosanna Tilbrook led and co-authored the study alongside colleagues in the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Germany, the USA and South Africa.
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Commissions to celebrate Adrian Moles' 50th birthday
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/adrian-mole-birthday
Learn more about the writing commissioned by the centre to celebrate the 50th birthday of Adrian Mole. Read the summaries and the full entries of the three winners of the commissions.
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Sustainable development roadshow offers opportunities to local businesses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/sustainable-development-roadshow-offers-opportunities-to-local-businesses
The University's School of Business will host a free, public event seeking to encourage growth in local business on Tuesday 9 May.
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Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’ in the higher education sector.
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Lifechanging scholarships announced at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/2018life-changing2019-scholarships-announced-at-leicester
The University has announced the names of its 2016 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars. These students have been awarded Scholarships by the the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK to allow them to pursue a Master’s course while living in their home countries.
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King’s Birthday Honour recognises researcher’s dedication to saving peatlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kings-birthday-honour-recognises-researchers-dedication-saving-peatlands
A University of Leicester geographer who has dedicated her career to preserving the world’s peatlands has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
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HRH Princess Royal visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/hrh-princess-royal-visit
HRH The Princess Royal is to boldly go on a mission into space - well, the National Space Centre in Leicester. The Centre is the brainchild of the University and was co-founded by the University.
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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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Safe Citizen Promise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/safe-citizen-promise
Comprised of six guiding principles which staff and students pledge to uphold and follow, the Safe Citizen Promise seeks to minimise the impact of COVID-19.