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Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations
Leicester psychologists have, for the first time, created body-maps of the sensations which arise during hallucinations in people experiencing psychosis.
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Nine Leicester academics appointed to Research Excellence Framework 2029 roles
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/leicester-academics-appointed-research-excellence-framework-2029
Research England has appointed nine academics from the University of Leicester to serve as expert panellists in the next Research Excellence Framework (REF2029).
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World Engineering Day: Leicester engineering graduate builds a career as a future ‘space leader’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sam-ravi-engineering-graduate-space-leader
University of Leicester alumna Sam Ravi was one of 30 Emerging Space Leaders announced in 2024 and is encouraging young people to consider an engineering degree on World Engineering Day
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Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede
Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Archaeology uncovers hidden layers of Chesterfield’s past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/archaeology-uncovers-hidden-chesterfields-past
An archaeological excavation in Chesterfield town centre has revealed well preserved remains that shed new light on how people lived in the town over hundreds of years.
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Armed Forces Champion discusses workforce barriers for veterans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/frazer-stark
The University of Leicester’s Armed Forces Champion has spoken out about the challenges military veterans face entering the workforce after retirement. Sergeant Frazer Stark served in the British Army at the age of 17-years old in September 2005.
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Cricket Country shortlisted for prestigious non-fiction prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/cricket-country-shortlisted
A book by a Leicester academic exploring the untold history of the first All India cricket team has been shortlisted as one of six entries for the Wolfson History Prize 2020.
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Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/tracking-a-solar-eruption-through-the-solar-system
Ten spacecraft, from ESA’s Venus Express to NASA’s Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event.
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Leicester scientist discusses one of the most exciting planetary events that well see in our lifetime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-discusses-2018one-of-the-most-exciting-planetary-events-that-we2019ll-see-in-our-lifetime2019
When Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed just 140,000 kilometres from Mars on 19 October 2014, depositing a large amount of debris in the Martian atmosphere, space agencies coordinated multiple spacecraft to witness the largest meteor shower in recorded history.