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DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting
In 1984 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, learn more about his work.
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About Cardiovascular Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about
Find out more about the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester. We our one of six departments within the College of Life Sciences and one of five within the College that comprise the Leicester Medical School.
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John Bonner
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/john-bonner
It is, with much regret that we have learned of the death of John Bonner who held numerous senior roles in the University from the 1960s until his retirement in 1996. Professor Peter Jackson writes: John graduated in economics from the University of Hull in 1954.
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University of Leicester holds event celebrating city’s Caribbean community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/caribbean-event
University of Leicester will host an event to acknowledge the contributions of the city’s Caribbean community. The African Caribbean population of Leicester were among the earliest arrivals to the city from the Commonwealth in the 1950 and 1960s.
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‘Long Walk to Freedom’: Leadership lessons from Madiba
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/03/26/long-walk-to-freedom-leadership-lessons-from-madiba/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on March 26, 2019 By Dunni Adeleye “I wanted first of all to tell the people that I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances” This is how...
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Leicester research supports European Parliament legislation on aggressive corporate tax planning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-research-supports-european-parliament-legislation-on-aggressive-corporate-tax-planning
A Leicester academic has been at the heart of the European Parliament's attempts to introduce reforms to curb aggressive tax planning and avoidance by multinational enterprises.
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The photograph
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/photograph
Read the article "The photograph" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/rutland-mosaic
John Thomas, Deputy Director of ULAS and project manager on the excavations, said: “This is certainly the most exciting Roman mosaic discovery in the UK in the last Century.
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New report demonstrates impact of programme preparing refugees for academic life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/report-impact-programme-preparing-refugees-academic-life
The RefugEAP Programme supports refugee-background students aspiring to university in developing their English for academic settings using a trauma-informed approach, run as a unique joint collaboration between the University of Leicester and the University of Leeds
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Leicester PhD student to play Glastonbury Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/jessie-reid
Jessie Reid will take to the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury 2024