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How forensic statistics nailed the identity of the Last Plantagenet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/how-forensic-statistics-nailed-the-identity-of-the-2018last-plantagenet2019
A Leicester historian who carried out a genealogical study of King Richard III will give a talk on Tuesday 28 March at the University’s Centre for...
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Crime writer and creator of Inspector Morse dies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/crime-writer-and-creator-of-inspector-morse-dies
The University has learnt of the death of the author Colin Dexter, most famous for creating the character of Inspector Morse and the series of...
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Academic revives Joe Ortons mischievous alter ego Mrs Edna Welthorpe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/academic-revives-joe-orton2019s-mischievous-alter-ego-2018mrs-edna-welthorpe2019-1
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton, Curve is currently staging a major production of his final play...
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Armed patrols in Leicester join the debate about policing in our city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/armed-patrols-in-leicester-join-the-debate-about-policing-in-our-city
Leicestershire police chief Simon Cole is to talk at a public event on 23 March about the force’s recent deployment of armed patrols in crowded...
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Expert opinions cover degree building Brexit and Gibraltar tinnitus and the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-degree-building-brexit-and-gibraltar-and-the-bbc
The government says students should get transferable credits for modules and feel free to move between higher education providers.
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Expert opinions cover Claudio Ranieri Michael Gove teaching in the 21st century and much more
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-claudio-ranieri-michael-gove-and-teaching-in-the-21st-century
John Williams, Senior Lectuer in Sociology, discussed the controversial sacking of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri in an article for The...
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Expert opinion Changes under Gove have brought about STEM teacher shortage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/changes-under-gove-have-brought-about-stem-teacher-shortage-say-experts
Schools face a “looming disaster” over a severe shortage of teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects, education and...
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Leicester PhD graduates debut novel among most anticipated books of 2017
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-phd-graduate2019s-debut-novel-among-most-anticipated-books-of-2017
Leicester PhD graduate Dr Sabyn Javeri’s debut novel, Nobody Killed Her, has been included as one of the Huffington Post India’s most anticipated...
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Expert opinions cover the Stoke byelection rocks and Indian banknotes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-trump-rocks-an-indian-banknotes
Inès Hassen, Researcher at the Centre for Urban History and Teaching Fellow in French Studies, discusses how the cultural and economic history of...
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University celebrates largest online collection of local oral history recordings in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-celebrates-largest-online-collection-of-local-oral-history-recordings-in-the-uk
A free public event to celebrate the publication of over 400 interviews recorded by the Leicester Oral History Archive between 1983 and 1990 will...