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Universities recognised nationally for pioneering research-to-start up accelerator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/universities-recognised-research-to-start-up-accelerator
University of Leicester, De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) and Loughborough University in partnership with Leicester Start-Ups are up for an award for their VentureVersity programme
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Google geospatial specialist to lead University of Leicester workshop
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/google-geospatial-specialist-to-lead-university-of-leicester-workshop
A leading specialist from Google is set to address East Midlands’ businesses with hands-on demonstrations of how to make the best use of geographic and spatial data at the City Rooms, Leicester on 12 March 2015 from 9.30am to 4.
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Swift satellite spots its thousandth gamma-ray burst
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/swift-satellite-spots-its-thousandth-gamma-ray-burst
Leicester scientists are celebrating the discovery of the 1,000th gamma-ray burst (GRB) by the US/UK/Italian Swift spacecraft. GRBs are the most powerful explosions in the universe, typically associated with the collapse of a massive star and the birth of a black hole.
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Most luminous galaxy is ripping itself apart
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart
In a far-off galaxy, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, a ravenous black hole is devouring galactic grub. Its feeding frenzy produces so much energy, it stirs up gas across its entire galaxy.
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Activities and events
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside/activities-events
Learn what we have done so far within the Colonial Countryside project and what we plan on doing in the future. Get more information on the events we have held and if there are any coming up.
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Our University leads national forum in Azerbaijan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/our-university-leads-national-forum-in-azerbaijan
Our University has led a national forum on graduate employability in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Wedding Season – The University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/06/27/wedding-season/
Evelyn Waugh and his first marriage to Evelyn Gardner
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Supporting assessment tasks in seminars and group tutorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/supporting-assessment-tasks-in-seminars-and-group-tutorials/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 This is a draft preview version of a resource currently in production.
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Distrust of Employer’s Responses to COVID-19 Could Increase Both Presenteeism and Absenteeism in UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/20/distrust-of-employers-responses-to-covid-19-could-increase-both-presenteeism-and-absenteeism-in-uk-workplaces/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 20, 2020 People’s trust in their employer’s response to COVID-19 will shape their attitudes to returning to the workplace, Professor Stephen Wood writes.
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Cooking Inauthentically Part 2: An Experiment with Acarajé – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/05/04/cooking-inauthentically-part-2-an-experiment-with-acaraje/
Deborah Toner, the Project's PI, describes her first experience of making acarajé, the perils of taking shortcuts and the value of traditional recipes