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Response by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to Honorary Degree Oration, July 2004
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/honorary-degree-oration/honorary-degree-response
Professor Jeffreys response to being awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Leicester.
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‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary
Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his reinterment on 26 March 2015
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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
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https://le.ac.uk/library/search-collections/databases-az/o
The Observer Complete archive of the Observer newspaper (London, England), including all issues from 1791 to 2003. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB) Reference source on key figures in British history and society from 100BC to the present day.
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Second season of Bradgate Park fieldschool launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/second-season-of-archaeology-fieldschool-at-bradgate-park-launched
The second season of the University's fieldschool at Bradgate Park will be launched on Monday 6 June.
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First delivery to our University of high-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-delivery-to-our-university-of-high-tech-glass-plates-to-be-used-to-discover-the-birth-of-new-black-holes
Our University is providing a new type of X-ray mirror to the French space agency, CNES, for the Chinese-French satellite ‘SVOM’ which is designed to discover and study Gamma-Ray Bursts from newly formed black holes.
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Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/healthy-ageing-leicester-genome-maria
Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
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Fight fire with fire? Managing complex contracts when the other party becomes difficult
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/05/16/fight-fire-with-fire-managing-complex-contracts-when-the-other-party-becomes-difficult/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on May 16, 2018 In his second blog ( first blog can be found here ) Dr Haward Soper, recently awarded his PhD, discusses his doctoral findings, giving fascinating insights into the relationships between different parties...
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University conference celebrates publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-conference-celebrates-publication-of-the-selected-works-of-margaret-oliphant
A conference on the works of Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant, featuring literary experts from the UK, US and New Zealand hosted by the university’s Victorian Studies Centre will celebrate the publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, a 25 volume series...
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The Blue Boar Inn
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/blue-boar-inn
The Blue Boar Inn was constructed in the mid-15th century. Richard’s final stay in Leicester was for one or two nights at the Blue Boar Inn on 19 and 20 August.