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Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas
Preliminary investigations took place in late 2021, with the ULAS team carefully uncovering more than 120 burials in the top-most layers on the site. The area was once used as the churchyard for burials of people from all walks of life living in the surrounding parish.
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COP26: Funding boost for new space mission to monitor carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/microcarb
The new funding is to complete the build and testing of the satellite, led by Thales Alenia Space at the RAL Space assembly and test facilities on the Harwell Space Cluster, in Oxfordshire, and for NCEO experts at the universities of Leicester and Edinburgh to translate...
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Chief Scientific Adviser pays tribute to University of Leicester’s world-leading research, impact, and COVID-19 response during visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/sir-patrick-vallance
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, recently visited the University of Leicester to find out more about its research expertise and to deliver a lecture on the importance of scientific advice in national policymaking.
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Diabetes professor from Leicester presented with CBE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/kamlesh-obe
A GP from Leicester who is recognised as the world’s leading diabetes researcher has been presented with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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BBC Radio Leicester – In Perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/08/09/bbc-radio-leicester-in-perspective/
A blog that looks at the 'In Perspective' series produced by BBC Radio Leicester in the 1970s.
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Cooking Inauthentically: An Experiment with Flaounes – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/04/07/cooking-inauthentically-an-experiment-with-flaounes/
Deborah Toner, the Project's PI, describes her first experience of cooking flaounes, a celebration Easter food from Cyprus, the challenge of finding "authentic" ingredients and the sense of occasion created by making a celebration food.
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Student placement in Special Collections, Week 1-2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/07/31/student-placement-in-special-collections-week-1-2/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on July 31, 2025 Guest post written by Yi-Chen Su and Yongqin Huang, who are completing an eight week placement in Archives & Special Collections as part of their MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies .
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Letters from the archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/10/22/letters-from-the-archives/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on October 22, 2024 Although today they have fallen out of fashion, letters were once one of the easiest, quickest and most popular methods of communication.
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Starting the UOSH Midlands Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/03/08/starting-the-uosh-midlands-hub/
A blog about the establishment of the Midlands Hub of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.
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Ripple: Publication of the Students’ Union
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/01/29/ripple/
Posted by Ceri Ashwell in Library Special Collections on January 29, 2014 Front cover 1952 Welcome to our first blog post! The aim of the blog is to expand awareness of the items within our collection and of the resources we have available.