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Space researcher shares her inspiring story and advice to young women and girls hoping to work in STEM
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/hannah-sargeant-iwd
Dr Hannah Sargeant from the University of Leicester School of Physics and Astronomy shares her journey to becoming a planetary scientist.
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Five potential new businesses as University commercialisation initiative draws to a close
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/ventureversity-final
VentureVersity Live on 27 November showcased 11 projects turning university intellectual property into commercially viable ventures, marking the culmination of a year-long collaboration between the University of Leicester, De Montfort University, and Loughborough University
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rutland-sea-dragon
Ichthyosaurs first appeared around 250 million years ago and went extinct 90 million years ago. They were an extraordinary group of marine reptiles that varied in size from 1 to more than 25 metres in length, and resembled dolphins in general body shape.
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Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/holocaust-memorial-day
Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future. At Leicester, the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies plays a pivotal part in achieving this goal.
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University of Leicester awarded £10m for research into non-communicable diseases in India and Nepal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/india-nepal-nihr
Funding to help improve the care outcomes of people living with multiple long-term health conditions or multimorbidity in India and Nepal
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Spanish Beginners (Level 1)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/spanish/level-1
Spanish course for beginners at Leicester University
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New carbon-monitoring satellite will shed light on photosynthesis thanks to Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/microcarb-carbon-monitoring-satellite-photosynthesis
An algorithm designed by scientists at the University of Leicester and National Centre for Earth Observation, based at Space Park Leicester, will allow the MicroCarb mission to observe solar induced fluorescence (SIF) – a by-product and indicator of plant photosynthesis
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Leicester Research Archive policies
https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/lra-policies
Policies relating to the University of Leicester institutional repository Leicester Research Archve (LRA) of open access research publications and data
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Cross-Post: Why we must reform organ donation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/30/cross-post-why-we-must-reform-organ-donation/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 30, 2018 Organ Donation in England is changing. Accountability for health policy leaders is important, especially when politicians score headlines for healthcare interventions without an evidence-base.