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86-year-old PhD graduate amongst University of Leicester’s Class of 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/stan-hardie
An 86-year-old was amongst the thousands of students who graduated from the University of Leicester last week. Stan Hardie was awarded a PhD in History on Thursday (17 January), making him the oldest graduate of the University’s Class of 2023.
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Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester
A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.
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DELE exams at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/exams/dele-exams
DELE exams
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University cricketers highlight the need for blood donation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-cricketers-highlight-the-need-for-blood-donation
Players from the University of Leicester first and seconds cricket team and development squad dressed in their cricket whites to donate blood and help save and improve lives.
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Leicester partners with Midlands universities to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-policing-academic-centre-excellence
A consortium from the University of Leicester, University of Birmingham and Aston University has been selected as one of nine new Policing Academic Centres of Excellence.
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Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon
Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier, increasing the dangers of flooding and drought
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Triple shortlisting for Leicester in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2025
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/times-higher-education-shortlisted-leicester
The University of Leicester has been shortlisted in three categories at the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2025 which recognise excellence and innovation across the UK higher education sector.
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New research shows the proportion of adults with autism or psychotic disorders remains stable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/autism-psychotic-national-survey-leicester-apms
Results from the latest part of a national survey on mental health reveal the number of adults diagnosed with autism and psychotic disorders in England has not risen since data was first collected in 2007
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Explore the silent night this festive season: space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock to give Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/space-scientist-maggie-aderin-pocock-royal-institution-christmas-lectures
University of Leicester’s Chancellor hosts the 2025 Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, broadcast on BBC Four and iPlayer on 28th, 29th and 30th December at 7pm
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Pioneering centre is making a difference one year after officially opening
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/phage-anniversary
A pioneering new centre at the University of Leicester which studies bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria is celebrating its one-year anniversary