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Leicester wins Duolingo’s University Challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-wins-duolingo-university-challenge
Dr Fiona Ashmore from the University of Leicester has been crowned the first winner of the Duolingo English Test University Challenge.
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Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass
Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note
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I feel that the world is my oyster and I cannot wait to pursue my career as a solicitor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/201ci-feel-that-the-world-is-my-oyster-and-i-cannot-wait-to-pursue-my-career-as-a-solicitor201d
Finding time to build up your CV whilst at University can be a difficult task, but graduating student Chloe Birkett has gone above and beyond throughout the four years of her degree to immerse herself in the world of work, and develop her professional skills.
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...
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EAP Teacher Development Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/courses-for-teachers/eap
EAP Teacher's course offered to teachers by the ELTU.
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English for Medics International Spring Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/medics-spring
The English for Medics International Spring Programme is ideal for medical students and health professionals who want to improve their English for use in a hospital or medical setting.
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Jargon bingo
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/jargon-bingo/
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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Frances Deepwell
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/fhd3/
I joined the Leicester Learning Institute in January 2016, at the same time the new Learning Strategy was launched. As Director, my aim is to foster a learning culture in which our students and our teaching colleagues can flourish.
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I’m an Engineer! I’m a Scientist!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/30/im-an-engineer-im-a-scientist/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 November 2020 PhD student Sam Frampton explains this excellent chance to engage with school students online, answer questions, and win money for outreach.
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A Leap Forward in the Race to Find Extreme Events Quickly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/12/06/a-leap-forward-in-the-race-to-find-extreme-events-quickly/
Extreme events in space will be identified faster than ever before thanks to a new tool developed by experts at the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy, write Dr. Phil Evans.