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Next Scarman Lecture discuss lifecycle of riots
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/next-scarman-lecture-discuss-life-cycle-of-riots
The esteemed criminologist Professor Tim Newburn (pictured) will visit Leicester to deliver this year's Scarman Lecture series.
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Food available across University in the name of equality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/food-available-across-university-in-the-name-of-equality
The University's Residential and Commercial Services (RACS) is supporting International Women’s Day (IWD), which took place on 8 March, and is raising awareness of the campaign by offering a number of dishes which contain women’s names.
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Jacqueline Wilson describes her prolific writing career as part of Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/jacqueline-wilson-describes-her-prolific-writing-career-as-part-of-literary-leicester
All public tickets have been allocated for this event Former Children's Laureate and Tracy Beaker creator Jacqueline Wilson will visit Leicester's De Montfort Hall this month as part of our University's annual celebration of the written word.
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Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema
A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.
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University to host encore of Sir David Attenboroughs public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-to-host-2018encore2019-of-sir-david-attenborough2019s-public-lecture
Sir David Attenborough’s lecture for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture series entitled ‘Beauty in Nature’, which was originally delivered in January 2016 at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, is to be screened for the public.
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Archaeologists recover Iron Age pottery at site in Welford
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/archaeologists-recover-iron-age-pottery-at-site-in-welford
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) has carried out an archaeological excavation of an Iron Age settlement at Newlands Road in Welford, Northants on behalf of Mears New Homes.
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Jewry Wall Museum improvements to be made
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/jewry-wall-museum-improvements-to-be-made
The archaeologist who led the project to discover King Richard III’s remains will be leading investigations in a project to improve Leicester’s finest Roman site.
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Over 200 academics sign up as University experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/over-200-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts
More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our University to the media and engage in topical academic debate.
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Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer
This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.
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Autonomous vehicles at Science Museum Late
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/27-science-museum-late
Science Museum Lates are adults-only, after-hours theme nights that take place in the museum on the last Wednesday of every month. On Wednesday 28 August, the University of Leicester’s DriverLeics Team will be part of the Science Museum Late session, which runs from 6.