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First Cowrie Scholar excited to shine ‘positive light’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cowrie
The first recipient of a Cowrie Foundation Scholarship at the University of Leicester designed to provide opportunities for talented Black British...
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Drugs legislation requires review, says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture
The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle
Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by...
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Two new Heads of School announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads
Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH).
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University historian drives successful campaign for Leicestershire flag
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/leicestershire-flag
The county of Leicestershire has ended its 1,000-year wait for an official flag, thanks to the work of a historian based at the University of...
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Leicester research into acid attacks presented in Home Office report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/acid-attacks
Researchers at the University of Leicester have published the first report of its kind examining attacks with acid and other corrosive substances.
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Local democracy in peril, warns Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/local-democracy
The threat to local democracy in the UK is the subject of a video interview with a University of Leicester academic on a top UK politics website.
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Declining local paper sales are a danger to democracy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/local-papers
Action needs to be taken to prevent a crisis for local democracy as a result of the dramatic decline in local press readership, a Leicester...
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Professor Sally Kyd appointed first woman Head of Law
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-sally-kyd-appointed-first-woman-head-of-law
Professor Sally Kyd, becomes the first woman to be appointed Head of Law at the University of Leicester.
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Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and...