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Trio of honorary graduates recognised with Leicester awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands1
Journalist-turned-novelist Robert Harris, who was educated in Leicestershire as a boy, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters on Friday.
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Pro Bono
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/pro-bono
The Pro Bono Society at the University of Leicester offers law students the opportunity to apply their legal knowledge in a rewarding and charitable environment to a range of projects. The students gain valuable experience while also helping the community.
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Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats
Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.
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Overseas visitors
https://le.ac.uk/cls/people/honorary/overseas
If you are an overseas visitor applying for an honorary title at the University of Leicester, learn more about visa requirements and insurance.
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Functional Programming
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co2008
Module code: CO2008 Many of the ideas used in imperative programming arose through necessity in the early days of computing when machines were much slower and had far less memory than they do today. Languages such as C(++) and Pascal carry a substantial legacy from the past.
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Royal Commission Industrial Fellowship awarded to researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/royal-commission-1851
A PhD researcher at the University of Leicester has been awarded a prestigious Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to develop solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges.
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Campus development
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development
We are developing a new estate master plan to deliver a 21st century urban campus as the centrepiece of Leicester’s Educational Quarter. We want to support the delivery of world-class academic activity.
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Interstellar insights to put businesses light-years ahead
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/interstellar-insights-to-put-businesses-light-years-ahead
Space technology expertise is easier to access than ever before – that’s the message from Leicester’s crew of scientists and business experts, as they prepare to make a giant leap to Hong Kong for the GREAT Festival of Innovation on 24 March.
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Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling
“In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.
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Leicester researcher wins prize for COVID-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/manish-pareek
A researcher from Leicester has been awarded the Graham Bull Prize from the Royal College of Physicians, after he was amongst the first scientists and doctors to highlight the differing impact of COVID-19 on ethnic groups.