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• Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...

• Public lecture on ice sheets and sea levels rescheduled

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/06-ice-sheets-lecture

  Research into polar ice sheets that could help predict future sea levels is the subject of a public lecture at the University of Leicester on 15 January.

• Leicester praised in new book on science communications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/fiona-fox-book

  Award-winning work by the University of Leicester in improving science communications has been featured in a new book by Fiona Fox from the Science Media Centre.

• UK university returns century-old gesture by gifting books to Smithsonian

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/smithsonian

  The University of Leicester returned a 100-year-old gesture from the Smithsonian during a ceremony to cement the institutions’ transatlantic partnership.

• March Book Group: Scoop

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/03/27/scoop/

  Summary of the Waugh Book Group's discussion of Scoop at Leicester Central Library, 7th March 2015

• Richard III's diet and lifestyle

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/what-we-know-now/diet-and-lifestyle

  By measuring the different isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and strontium preserved in Richard III's skeleton, we can find out about the types of food and drink he consumed, as well as where he lived.

• Professor Sir Nilesh Samani announced as next British Heart Foundation Medical Director

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/professor-sir-nilesh-samani-announced-as-next-british-heart-foundation-medical-director

  Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured) has been announced as the next Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). He will succeed Professor Peter Weissberg who will retire in October 2016 after twelve years as Medical Director of the cardiovascular research charity.

• The Diary of a Dissection: Jane Jamieson and the Newcastle Barber Surgeons. By Patrick Low

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/09/19/diary-of-a-dissection/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 19, 2016   The recent furore in France, over the wearing of Burkinis, has shone a new light on an age-old societal problem; the female body.

• Potatoes and Peppa Pig: Young writers channel Leicester playwright

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/edna-welthorpe-winners

  A spoof letter of complaint written by a London school pupil has won a competition inspired by Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.

• Surviving results day: Clearing, confidence, and finding the right fit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/surviving-results-day-clearing-confidence-finding-right-fit

  As thousands of people around the country await their A-level grades, the University of Leicester’s Head of UK Student Recruitment, Dan Flatt, explains the ins and outs of surviving results day.