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• Tim Peake announced as special guest at Space Park Leicester official opening

  Date: 15 October 2021

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  British astronaut Tim Peake will be on hand to declare Space Park Leicester officially open at a special ceremony next spring.

• Researchers find alternative way to extract high purity silver from used solar panels

  Date: 13 September 2022

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  A a new way of extracting valuable metals from end-of-life solar panels has been developed.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ archaeologists identify ancient Stonehenge gold digging kit

  Date: 16 December 2022

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old gold working tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age...

• Researchers to present evidence to Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry

  Date: 1 March 2017

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  Experts from our School of Business will deliver evidence to a Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry exploring the progress British business has...

• Leading human rights activist to speak on civil liberty and democratic freedom

  Date: 9 February 2015

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  Leading human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti CBE will be discussing civil liberty, the importance of democratic freedom and how to prevent...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 8 14 October

  Date: 13 October 2015

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  John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written an article for the Leicester Mercury discussing the nation's attitude towards rugby in...

• Hurdling medallist seeks crowdfunding on road to Rio

  Date: 5 October 2015

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  European indoor 60m hurdles silver medallist Lucy Hatton is raising money to help cover costs as she bids to reach the Rio 2016 Olympics.

• Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers

  Date: 19 May 2015

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  A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men...

• Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth

  Date: 9 November 2015

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  The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an...

• University stamp features on postbox to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail Special Stamps

  Date: 9 June 2015

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  The stamp of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ issued in 1971 was unveiled today by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle on a post box in...