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Clearing out student accommodation reaps rich rewards for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-bhf-collection
A charity scheme that encourages students to donate their unwanted items at the end of term instead of throwing them away, has saved an incredible 39 tonnes of items from being thrown away in Leicester.
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Researcher publishes parliamentary report on the rise of fake news
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researcher-publishes-parliamentary-report-on-the-rise-of-fake-news
Katie Raymer, who is studying for a PhD in our Department of Physics and Astronomy, has co-authored a report as part of her STFC internship with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examining how people access news and information and the rise of fake news.
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Engineering Building roof reconstruction has exceeded expectations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/engineering-building-roof-reconstruction-has-2018exceeded-expectations2019
The ambitious project to replace the roof of our world-famous Engineering Building, which saw all the 2,500 glass panels of the diamond-shaped roof reconstructed and replaced to exacting standards, has been officially completed.
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Sensational discovery of previously unseen Adrian Mole diary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/sensational-discovery-of-previously-unseen-adrian-mole-diary
Teenage intellectual Mole achieved fame in the 1980s for his astute, observational journal cataloguing middle class domestic life in a Leicester household. He has been cited by some critics as “a modern day Pepys.
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Materials Researchers reflect on Postgraduate Internships
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/materials-researchers-reflect-on-postgraduate-internships
Materials Centre Postgraduate Researchers, Dana Thompson and Sarah Key, have written about their experiences of completing internships earlier this year.
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Dr Sylvia Pinches
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/people/sylvia-pinches
Dr Sylvia Pinches received her doctorate in 2001, and has since held a number of posts, including as a researcher for the Compton Verney House Trust and as a curator at 78 Derngate, Northampton.
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Vacation placements
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/careers/vacation-placements
A number of our students have been fortunate enough to gain from vacation placements while at Leicester.
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New project to collect evidence of modern slavery among adult websites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/modern-slavery-adult-websites
Adult service websites and their users have a key role to play in preventing modern slavery, according to a leading criminologist from the University of Leicester.
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Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah appointed Chair of Trustees for The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/conversation
University of Leicester President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has been appointed Chair to the UK Board of Trustees to independent media network The Conversation. Professor Canagarajah previously joined the board in May 2020.
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Showcase on Asian radio in city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/showcase-on-asian-radio-in-city
The important role played by BBC Radio Leicester in the development of Asian radio in Britain is being showcased at an event in the city.