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Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester
The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high. Mount Everest is 171 times higher, at 8848 metres. On Wednesday 6 May, between 9.30am and 3.
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Amateur photographers invited to snap a picture of health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/amateur-photographers-invited-to-snap-a-picture-of-health
Budding amateur photographers are being challenged to bring life-changing science into the community by snapping shots relating to the theme of 'Science: Hearts, Lungs and Fitness' in order to encourage people to get involved with local science research.
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University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference
More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as part of the University’s celebrations of 50 years of media and communication research.
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Engelbert Humperdinck receives new Seat of Learning tribute
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/engelbert-humperdinck-receives-new-seat-of-learning-tribute
Fans of Engelbert Humperdinck have honoured his 50 years in the music industry by sponsoring a reader's chair for the David Wilson Library.
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University to hold 2015 Summer School on Materials Processing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-to-hold-2015-summer-school-on-materials-processing
The University is to host its first summer school on Materials Processing at the Department of Engineering from Monday 22 June to Friday 26 June. The summer school has been organised by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing (IMPaCT).
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University joins prestigious UK library network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/university-joins-prestigious-uk-library-network
The University has been selected to join an alliance of leading libraries in the UK.
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The Science of Tolkiens Middleearth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/the-science-of-tolkiens-middle-earth
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Heritage panels telling history of Leicester to be installed around city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/heritage-panels-telling-history-of-leicester-to-be-installed-around-city
Colin Hyde at the East Midlands Oral History Archive has written the text for forty heritage panels that are being installed around Leicester.
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Scanning technology helps bring answers to Shoreham tragedy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/scanning-technology-helps-bring-answers-to-shoreham-tragedy
Cutting-edge scanning technology was used to help identify victims of the crash at the Shoreham Air Show.
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Space technology explores large-scale changes to the climate of Africa
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/space-technology-explores-large-scale-changes-to-the-climate-of-africa
An international research team led by Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research from the Department of Geography has mapped the entire African continent south of the Sahara for geographical changes and has discovered that many areas...