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Real-world experience enhances Maths students’ skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/maths-industry-placements
Mathematics students from the University of Leicester have been putting their skills to use with a number of high-profile industry placements.
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Criminology student selected for Leicester Tigers 2022/23 squad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/leicester-tigers
A student who came late to the game of rugby has been selected to play for Leicester Tigers. Lucrezia Iavarone started her rugby career playing for the University of Leicester women’s team in 2018, whilst studying Criminology.
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University-partnered refugee project recognised by Platinum Jubilee award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/bright-path
An organisation set up to help Afghan refugees arriving in Leicester has received a Platinum Jubilee Award. Bright Path Futures was set up in August 2021 in partnership with the University of Leicester and the British Red Cross.
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Fellowship for rising star exploring distant worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/fellowship-for-rising-star-exploring-distant-worlds
A researcher from our University has been awarded a prestigious Winton Exoplanet Fellowship, which will see her conducting exciting new research into exoplanet systems.
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Unicorns to inspire the next space entrepreneurs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2018unicorns2019-to-inspire-the-next-space-entrepreneurs
Some of the most ambitious and high value start-ups are likely to develop in space-related industries and the University of Leicester is showing student and graduate entrepreneurs how they could create their own ‘unicorn from space’.
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Students see immigration law in practice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/students-see-immigration-law-in-practice
A group of law students recently had the opportunity to visit the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal in Birmingham, organised by Alan Desmond, lecturer and module convenor for undergraduate and postgraduate immigration law courses in the Law School.
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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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Queering Islam # 2: Rusi Jaspal public talk recording
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2016/02/05/queering-islam-2-rusi-jaspal-public-talk-recording/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on February 5, 2016 Prof Rusi Jaspal (De Montfort University) gave a great public talk on the social psychology of gay and bisexual Muslims last week as part of the series Queering Islam.
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Samar Habib lecture and Q&A recording now available
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/12/01/samar-habib-lecture-and-qa-recording-now-available/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on December 1, 2015 Last week, Dr Samar Habib delivered the opening lecture of the new Queering Islam events series, hosted by Dr Alberto Fernández Carbajal (Leverhulme Fellow, School of...
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Coaching
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/06/13/coaching/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 13, 2016 “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are”. It would appear that at the moment the world is full of coaches; no, not the type you travel in.