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Leicester ranked as a top three city for student living
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/student-living-index
Leicester has been named one of the best cities to study in by the annual Student Living Index, ranking third in the UK after Manchester and Cambridge. Its Student Living Index sits at just 0.60, compared to 0.
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2026 vision: Leicester launches Optometry degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/optometry-degree-leicester-course
The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that its new four-year Optometry degree has been given permission to recruit students by the General Optical Council.
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Government delegation visit to Leicester shapes University's Thailand partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/government-delegation-leicester-university-thailand-partnership
The University of Leicester’s growing relationship with Thailand took another key step forward when it received a government delegation from the Southeast Asian country.
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Ever wondered why laughter is good for you?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/sluckin-lecture-psychology-vision
World-leading neuroscientist and stand-up comedian, Professor Sophie Scott, CBE (University College London), is bringing her unique perspective on the science of humour to Leicester this month (May).
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Leicester experts to deliver ground-breaking space mission experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ground-breaking-space-mission-experience
Members of the SMILE team at Space Park Leicester will be showcasing their work at the Royal Society on 7 October
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University provides opportunity for children to win photograph taken from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/university-provides-opportunity-for-children-to-win-photograph-taken-from-space
Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 October
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-october
Dr Samantha Johnson from the Department of Health Sciences has written an article for Action Medical Research about developing a programme to help children with maths skills that are vital for their future life chances.
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The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference
A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of research projects carried out at Leicester and Oxford focusing on the dispersal of people from their homelands.
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Lose Yourself on Mars with Attenborough Arts Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/lose-yourself-on-mars-with-attenborough-arts-centre/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 There’s no place like… Mars. Book a 30-minute slot and utterly lose yourself… The Attenborough Arts Centre “Mariner 9” exhibition has been extended.
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SVOM has left the building
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/18/svom-has-left-the-building/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 December 2020 An update on the X-ray optic for the Chinese-French satellite SVOM , by Charly Feldman.