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Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/albatross-foraging
The first large-scale study of its kind has uncovered more than 4,000 years’ worth of distinctive foraging behaviour in a species once driven to...
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Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mary-attenborough
A Leicester historian says he is ‘absolutely certain’ that Mary Attenborough would have been front and centre in helping refugees and asylum...
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Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/jean-humphreys
Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship at Leicester University
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Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/engineering-the-past
An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the...
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Literary Festival returns to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/literary-leicester
World-renowned authors will be heading to Leicester for one of the biggest and most diverse literary festivals in the East Midlands, taking place...
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The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dickens-code-tavistock-letter
An international team of volunteers and amateur decoders have helped experts solve the enduring mystery of a letter written by celebrated novelist...
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Misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport among male football fans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/sport-misogyny
Openly misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport may be common amongst male football fans, according to new research involving online message...
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Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty
The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary...
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Leicester alumni recognised in New Year Honours 2022
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/new-year-honours
Outstanding achievements by University of Leicester alumni have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for 2022.
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Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain
Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.