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Leicester shaking up the Premier League
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Leicester City Football Club has been making a big impact on the Premier League this season, and their success is sending shockwaves, quite...
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Historical photo could be earliest of female geologist
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An enigmatic photograph titled ‘The Geologists’ showing a lady and a gentleman in front of some rocks is believed to have been taken at Chudleigh...
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Writer Robert MacFarlane to speak at event
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Revered British writer Robert MacFarlane will be delivering the free public Annual Creative Writing Lecture supported by Santander Universities on...
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Fossils solve mystery of how life moved onto land
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A collection of Scottish fossils which solve the mystery of how vertebrate life came to move from water to land will be displayed in a new...
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University involved in launch of new earthquake display
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Visitors to museums in Leicester and Rutland will be able to jump and make their own earthquakes - when The Rt. Hon.
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Geology Masters graduate celebrates success
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Geology Master's graduate Rebecca Strachan has excelled during her studies by being awarded with three international awards.
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Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet
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Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 7 13 January
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In an article for University Business, Professor Paul Boyle, President and Vice-Chancellor, reflects on his first year in post and ambitious plans...
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Hard evidence for a human-driven Earth
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The evidence for a new geological epoch which marks the impact of human activity on the Earth is now overwhelming, according to a recent paper by...
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Leicester geologist features in international research publication
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The work of Leicester geologist Richard Walker features in a new online publication by The Geological Society of America.