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Tim Peake announced as special guest at Space Park Leicester official opening
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/space-park-tim-peake
British astronaut Tim Peake will be on hand to declare Space Park Leicester officially open at a special ceremony next spring.
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Impact of coronavirus pandemic is the “largest scale experiment ever” into global air quality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/march/24-largest-experiment
The coronavirus pandemic is the “largest scale experiment ever” into global air quality, according to Professor Paul Monks, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science at the University of Leicester, after new satellite images from the European Space...
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Is this a new chapter for our literary economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/is-this-a-new-chapter-for-our-literary-economy
How to understand a constantly changing publishing industry will be explored during a symposium at our University.
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University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview
A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.
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Museums as sanctuaries from hate?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2016/11/02/257/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 2, 2016 This morning I saw the front page of the Daily Mail (I’m not going to link to it. Google it if you must) as I walked past a news stand and it made me angry. Nothing new about that.
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Masters students announced as winners in innovative ideas competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/master2019s-students-announced-as-winners-in-innovative-ideas-competition
A team of Master’s students has been announced as a winner of the JISC Summer of Innovation Student Ideas competition.
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Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/satellites-landfill-methane-leaks
Research team from the School of Physics and Astronomy and Space Park Leicester is testing how space-based technology can help find leaks and then assess whether repairs have worked
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Man vs. machine: New Leicester research to compare human eye-tracking with AI in first study of its kind
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/eye-tracking
The human brain’s ability to track and process hazards will be pitted against an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool in a new interdisciplinary research study at the University of Leicester.
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Botanic Garden family day is huge success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/botanic-garden-family-day-is-huge-success
The University Botanic Garden annual Plant Sale and Family Day took place on Sunday 1st July and once again it was a great success, attracting more than 1,500 people and raising more £7000.
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Volunteer Vlad is honoured for giving his time to others
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/psychology-student-volunteer-vlad-honoured
A University of Leicester student has been recognised for his exceptional commitment to volunteering.