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New archaeological excavations to start at Bradgate Park
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/new-archaeological-excavations-to-start-at-bradgate-park
Leicester archaeologists will be returning to Bradgate Park from the end of May until the beginning of July with their fourth season of excavations.
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Shedding new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/research-network-explores-innovative-ways-to-shed-new-light-on-drinking-and-eating-habits-in-the-roman-world
The landmark 50th issue of the journal Internet Archaeology highlights the pioneering research conducted by a network of academics, professional archaeologists and museum curators, led by the Universities of Leicester and Exeter, who are investigating new ways of analysing...
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Launch of the national disability arts collection and archive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/launch-of-the-national-disability-arts-collection-and-archive
The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA), a £1-million digital archive chronicling the history of disability arts in the UK, launches to the public today.
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Blood signature could improve early TB diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/blood-signature-could-improve-early-tb-diagnosis
A gene signature in the bloodstream could reveal whether someone is going to develop active tuberculosis (TB) disease months before symptoms begin, research has shown.
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Quotes from people involved
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/areas/join-the-fight/quotes-from-people-involved
Quote from an Advisor “The Ambassador Programme is unique and well-positioned to educate and equip the high-risk population living in one of the high-burden regions of Odisha.
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Leicester event to explore human rights issues through film and the Arts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-event-to-explore-human-rights-issues-through-film-and-the-arts
As part of the 2017 Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, an event will be taking place to address the ‘migration crisis’ through the medium of film and the Arts on 5 December.
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Expert panel examines changing attitudes towards the European Union
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/expert-panel-examines-changing-attitudes-towards-the-european-union
Dr Simona Guerra from our School of History, Politics and International Relations recently helped to organise an event as part of her current Visiting Fellowship position at the LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe (May-December 2017) examining changing attitudes towards...
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First prize in poetry competition for Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/first-prize-in-poetry-competition-for-leicester-academic
A University of Leicester academic has won first prize in a poetry competition. Dr Sue Dymoke, Reader in Education in the School of Education took part in the Nottingham Historic Green Spaces Poetry Competition.
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Winners of postgraduate presentation competition announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/winners-of-postgraduate-presentation-competition-announced
The two winners of a competition that challenged postgraduate students to present their research in just three minutes have been announced.
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Student creates innovative manga series to engage people with geology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/student-creates-innovative-manga-series-to-engage-people-with-geology
Millions of people worldwide read manga - a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels - but geology rarely features in these stories.