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Leicester Cathedral named one of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-cathedral-named-one-of-the-top-five-most-haunted-places-in-the-midlands
In time for Halloween, ITV has compiled a list of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands - and Leicester Cathedral is ranked among them,...
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Leicester researchers to speak at Documentary Media Month events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-researchers-to-take-part-in-documentary-media-month-events
Leicester researchers will be holding a series of events as part of Documentary Media Month, taking place throughout the month of November and...
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Lecture to explore early recorded medical observations of the female body
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/lecture-to-explore-early-recorded-medical-observations-of-the-female-body
The fascinating subject of how ancient medical practitioners first began to understand female anatomy is being explored at Leicester's 15th annual...
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Ice Age economic migrants in Europe unearthed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/meet-the-flintstones-ice-age-2018economic-migrants2019-in-europe-unearthed
After being hidden for nearly 15,000 years, the lives of Ice Age hunter-gatherers who migrated to Europe to benefit from warmer climes are to be...
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Leicester spearheads development of new urban studies centre in India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-spearheads-development-of-new-urban-studies-centre-in-india
Leicester academics will be involved in the launch of the new Centre for Urban Studies at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) Baroda, Gujarat.
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Survey reveals new archaeological findings at threatened ancient harbour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/survey-reveals-new-archaeological-findings-at-threatened-ancient-harbour
An expedition by a team from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at Dreamer’s Bay, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus between 10 to 22 September 2015...
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The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1
Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed...
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Over 150 academics sign up as University experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/over-150-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts
More than 150 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at the...
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Richard III rediscovered in unique Yornight event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-rediscovered-in-unique-yornight-event
A panel event featuring experts directly involved with the discovery of Richard III in Leicester will take place today between 7:00pm - 8:30pm at...
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Learning about history from food utensils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/learning-about-history-from-food-utensils
What do dinner utensils say about Roman social interactions? Archaeologists and Big Data experts will be gathering at the University for a series...