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Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester
The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high. Mount Everest is 171 times higher, at 8848 metres. On Wednesday 6 May, between 9.30am and 3.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Environmental insights from the GHOST in the machine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/environmental-insights-from-the-ghost-in-the-machine
An instrument co-designed by University of Leicester scientists has spent the past year successfully gathering data on how greenhouse gases are transported around the world and where they are being emitted and absorbed.
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MBA graduate named as Innovator of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/mba-graduate-named-as-2018innovator-of-the-year2019
University of Leicester alumnus Marty Lampner, president and chief executive officer of Chimes, Inc. has been named as an Innovator of the Year by Maryland’s The Daily Record.
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Expert opinions cover childbirth and the media Junos goals and Theresa May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-childbirth-and-the-media-junos-goals-and-theresa-may
Dr Ranjana Das from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing why we need to look at childbirth and the media, and the 'Birth Stories' project she is involved in.
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Eddie Izzard event at University of Leicester cancelled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/eddie-izzard-event-at-university-of-leicester-cancelled
Eddie Izzard’s talk at the University of Leicester, as part of his Stand Up For Europe campaign, was cancelled following the suspension of EU referendum campaigning today. The suspension of campaigning follows the shocking attack on Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox near Leeds.
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Join Jane Austen and zombie experts for pre-Halloween screening and panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/11-pp-and-zombies
Experts on 19th century literature and the undead will come together for a pre-Halloween event at the University of Leicester on 29 October when the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies presents a free screening of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, followed by a discussion...
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Global Partnerships
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/global-partnerships
Information about our partnerships across the world.
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Expert opinions cover Eurosceptics Poland and South African politics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/expert-opinions-cover-eurosceptics-poland-and-south-african-politics
In an article for The Conversation, James Hamill discusses how Jacob Zuma’s departure is good news for the ANC and bad news for the opposition in South Africa.
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University celebrates LGBT History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/university-celebrates-lgbt-history-month
LGBT+ History Month is being marked at our University with a myriad of events from 12 to 28 February. The University has been rated as one of the top 100 employers in Stonewall’s Workplace index.