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• Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 3 (2017)

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-3-2017

  A summary of year 3 of the Bradgate Park archaeological fieldschool in Leicestershire

• The Bloody Business of the Bloody Code: Dissecting the Criminal Corpse. By Elizabeth Hurren

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/03/bloody-business-bloody-code/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 3, 2016   Imagine hearing local gossip that a notorious murderer was about to be executed, and that everyone in the vicinity of a homicide was planning to turn out to see the violent culprit...

• Can social media predict election results?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.

• Petrophysicist joins ocean drilling research project investigating the origins of life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/petrophysicist-joins-ocean-drilling-research-project-investigating-the-origins-of-life

  On 26 October 2015, the RSS James Cook (pictured) set sail from Southampton on route to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Dr Sally Morgan from the Department of Geology at Leicester, is a petrophysicist within the international team of scientists who are on-board the vessel.

• AstRoSoc Success in the UKSEDS Satellite Design Competition – Mind Rover Matter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/17/astrosoc-success-in-the-ukseds-satellite-design-competition-mind-rover-matter/

  Congratulations to the Mind-Rover-Matter team for their success in the UKSEDs Satellite Design Competition with their satellite S.P.A.R.K.L.E.S., achieving 4th place in the competition.

• Elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/1633/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 Those interested in elections might like the: Manifesto Research Group/Comparative Manifestos Project (MRG/CMP) Database  a quantitative database maintained by...

• Research highlights and publications

  https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/research-highlights-and-publications

  Take a look at The University of Leicester's Advanced Microscopy Facilities research highlights and publications.

• Sessions to prevent Type 2 diabetes and improve knowledge of condition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/sessions-to-prevent-type-2-diabetes

  Free fitness and healthy eating workshops will be staged in Leicester over the next five months for people from minority ethnic communities as part of a county-wide health campaign.

• Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy  

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester

  The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.

• Distant supermassive black hole shows high velocity sign of over-eating

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/distant-supermassive-black-hole-high-velocity-over-eating-770

  University of Leicester scientists describe how the capture of new matter - lasting a few days and corresponding to several Earth masses - formed a ring around the hole, before being partly swallowed by the hole, with excess matter ejected as a high velocity wind.