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New elite ranking of world universities places Leicester amongst top institutions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-elite-ranking-of-world-universities-places-leicester-amongst-top-institutions
A new ranking of the world’s top 300 elite universities has ranked the University of Leicester among the leading institutions in the world.
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Leicester research makes Altmetric Top 100 list for 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-makes-altmetric-top-100-list-for-2016
Research led by our University has been featured in the Altmetric 2016 Top 100, which recognises the most shared and discussed academic research stories of the year around the world.
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Tor Clark joins BBC Radio Leicester panel on election night
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-tor-on-radio
Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism in our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, will be part of the BBC Radio Leicester live election broadcast team tonight.
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Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology
PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and preparations for Mars Sample Return
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Wounds to left rear of skull and top of skull (injuries 1-3)
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/injuries/skull-1-3
Examination of wounds on the skull reveal that a sharp-bladed weapon or weapons has clipped the top rear of the skull several times, shaving off the top layer of bone.
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Hours of driving and watching TV lower IQ scores research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/hours-of-driving-and-watching-tv-lower-iq-scores
A doctoral student from our University has commanded global media coverage for a study that found that driving for more than two hours a day appears to steadily reduce intelligence.
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Two thousand visitors expected to attend Family Day at Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/botanic-garden
The University of Leicester Botanic Garden will open its gates to members of the public next week for its annual family day.
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Attenborough Arts Centre awarded £250,000 by Paul Hamlyn Foundation for flagship SENsory Atelier programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/sensory
The arts-based initiative has a proven transformational impact on SEN school pupils
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Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs
In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.
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School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 11
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/11/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester