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9 unusual facts about University of Leicester


Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

All of the activities of the CCLG are coordinated through the Data Centre which is part of the University of Leicester, and managed by the Executive Director.

Frank Newby

The most celebrated of his buildings is the Engineering Building at the University of Leicester, designed with James Stirling and James Gowan.

GWAS Central

The work was originally funded by GlaxoSmithKline, the University of Leicester, and the European Community's Sixth Framework Programme ('INFOBIOMED' Network of Excellence), but the GEN2PHEN project became the main source of funds in 2008.

John McVicar

After his release from prison he studied for a postgraduate degree at the University of Leicester.

Martin Löb

After graduating, he became a research student with Reuben Goodstein at the University of Leicester.

Matteo Bernardini

After attending Liceo Classico Vincenzo Gioberti, he completed a BA in Modern Literature at the University of Turin and at the University of Leicester, followed by an MA in Comparative Literatures.

Oadby

Many substantial houses were built in Oadby, some of which are now used by the University of Leicester.

Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

The XRT Team at Leicester and Penn State University were able to determine on December 8 that the XRT would be usable even without the TEC being operational.

The Swift Science Data Center (SDC) and archive are located at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington D.C. The UK Swift Science Data Centre is located at the University of Leicester.


Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Section A

The editor of Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Section A is Sarah Ruthven and the Scientific Editors are Frank Berry, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, at the Open University and Eric G. Hope, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Leicester.

Dina Iordanova

Prior to her arrival at St. Andrews, she held positions at the Radio-TV-Film department at the University of Texas at Austin, a Rockefeller Fellowship at the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago, and at the University of Leicester in England.

Graham Dury

Having previously worked engineering cacti at the University of Leicester, Dury was the first cartoonist to be offered a full-time job at Viz by co-creator Chris Donald in April 1988, when royalties began to make the magazine a profitable business.

Holy Cross Priory, Leicester

The priory's friars also preach in the village of Woodhouse, at both Leicester and De Montfort Universities and at Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Holy Trinity Church, Leicester

The Victorian building is situated on Regent Road, to the south of the city centre, close to the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Jackie Beere

She is also a qualified Master Neurolinguistic Programmer, an AST and Excellent Teacher accredited assessor and is an Associate Tutor for the University of Leicester for the MBA course.

Leicestershire Deserted Villages and Lost Places

The identification of Deserted Villages and Lost Places in Leicestershire owes much to the pioneering work of William George Hoskins during his time at the University of Leicester.

Naomi Blake

Her work has been exhibited in many galleries, in the UK and overseas.and her sculptures can be seen permanently exhibited on many sites notably Fitzroy Square and St Ethelbergers Church in London, the University of Leicester Scarman Centre and The Holocaust Centre, Nottinghamshire.

Njoki Susanna Ndung'u

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Nairobi and a Master of Laws (LLM) in Human Rights and Civil Liberties from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Peer English

Peer English is an academic journal established in 2006 and published annually by the Department of English at the University of Leicester and the English Association.

Universities medical assessment partnership

The project has since grown to 14 partners including University of Birmingham, University College Cork, University of East Anglia, Hull York Medical School, University of Keele, University of Leicester, Peninsula Medical School, University of Southampton and University of Warwick.

University of Leicester Botanic Garden

The University of Leicester Harold Martin Botanic Garden is a botanic garden close to the halls of residence for the University of Leicester in Oadby, Leicestershire, England.

Victoria Park, Leicester

In 2006, a group of University of Leicester students unhappy with this situation started the Student society Torchlight which is currently working with the council, the police and the University of Leicester Students' Union on ways to make the park safer.


see also

Housley

Norman Housley, Professor of History and head of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Leicester