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Work begins to transform Freemen’s Common
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-work-begins-freemens-common
Freemens A group of people on a construction site posing for a photo|The transformation of the Freemen’s Common area, at the University of Leicester, began today with a ground breaking ceremony.
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Leicester ramps up its wellbeing support for Gen Z students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/leicester-wellbeing-support-gen-z-students
With almost a quarter of those in the Generation Z age group affected by mental health issues, The University of Leicester has ramped up the wellbeing support it offers its students.
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New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum
Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years
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About us
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Leicester Medical School was founded in 1975, and our state-of-the-art George Davies Centre (formerly the Centre for Medicine) was opened in September 2016. Find out more about us.
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Contact us
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See how you can get in touch with the Study Abroad and Erasmus team at the University of Leicester.
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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly bright in new heat images of the planet taken by two large telescopes in the high deserts of Chile.
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What others think of us is none of our business
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/04/17/what-others-think-of-us-is-none-of-our-business/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 17, 2018 This morning I learned that someone from my childhood in another country has died. It is sad above all else for his family and friends, of whom I believe he had many.
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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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Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises offered fully funded support to thrive in the green economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/greener-future
A fully-funded advisory service offered by the University of Leicester is launching to help Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) thrive.