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Alumnus shortlisted for top sci-fi writing prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/alumnus-shortlisted-for-top-sci-fi-writing-prize
An alumnus and former staff member at the University is on the shortlist for one of world's most prestigious sci-fi writing prizes, the Philip K Dick Award.
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Two different schools of thought discuss light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/two-different-schools-of-thought-discuss-light
An event which examines the relationship between science and religion and their alternative views on the subject of light will take place on Wednesday 18 November at The Gatehouse Chaplaincy Centre, University Rd from 5.30pm – 8.00pm.
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Metals in dust and soils and health
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/hpru/our-research/metals-in-dust-and-soils
The aim of this project is to investigate exposures to metals from soils and dust and assess potential health risks.
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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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Fieldwork Skills for Professional Geographers
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy1026
Module code: GY1026 In this module you will gain basic skills that are critical to conducting fieldwork, including keeping a field notebook, observation skills, collecting, collating and presenting different types of data.
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Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2015/06/18/commemorating-samuel-whitbread-1758-1815/
Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on June 18, 2015 ‘I deny the insane proposition that peace is more dangerous than war’: Commemorating Samuel Whitbread, 1758-1815 By E.J.
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Pump Priming Awards
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/funding-opportunities/pump-priming-awards
Yearly or Bi-yearly Pump Priming Awards linked to BHF Accelerator
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Jupiters jawdropping north pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/jupiters-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system
Last week NASA's Juno spacecraft sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter's north pole, taken during the spacecraft's first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on.
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Dr George Pohl
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-pohl
We have learned, with regret, of the passing of Dr Jurgen (George) Pohl MBChB, MRCP, who helped to establish the Leicester Medical School in the 1970s, serving as Senior Lecturer in Medicine until his retirement in 2001.
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Physics Special Topics: Santa’s Christmas magic is Real
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/24/leicester-physics-students-prove-santas-christmas-magic-is-real/
Physics Special Topics: Santa’s Christmas magic is Real