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The University of Leicester receives further £1.25 million to fund world-leading social sciences research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/esrc-impact
University of Leicester has been awarded an additional £1.25 million by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to support its world-leading social sciences research.
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A poetic double helix
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/20-innovative-poem-complex-structure-of-dna
Double helix|Innovative poem by University of Leicester academics reflects complex structure of DNA. A collaboration between a poet and a biologist at the University of Leicester has resulted in a unique poem which will be heard on BBC Radio 4 on Monday 25 February.
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Leicester academic to chair expert panel at the British Library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-dr-emma-parker-joe-orton-british-library
Dr Emma Parker, Associate Professor of Postwar and Contemporary Literature in the University of Leicester’s Department of English, will chair a star-studded panel discussion on Joe Orton’s 1969 play What the Butler Saw at the British Library on Tuesday 23 April 2019.
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New book breaks barrier between students and modern research in mathematics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/29-garrett-book
In recent years mathematicians, armed with global internet (which simplifies collaboration), and powerful computers (used for numerical simulations, hypothesis testing, routine algebraic manipulations, etc.
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Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/medical-students-benji-waterhouse-leicester
It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at the University of Leicester did.
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EMSYCAR
https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/older-projects/emsycar
Find out more about the East Midlands & South Yorkshire Congenital Anomalies Register research at the University of Leicester.
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Sir David Samworth
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/sir-david-samworth
The University has learned, with regret, of the death of local businessman Sir David Samworth, Honorary Graduate and generous donor. Born in Birmingham, David Samworth was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland.
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool
Our fieldschool held annually between 2015 and 2019 This major student training and research excavation project focuses on the upland landscape of Bradgate Park, Leicestershire.
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FeedSax - Feeding Anglo-Saxon England
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/feedsax-feeding-anglo-saxon-england
The University of Leicester's archaeology research collaboration with Oxford University, Feeding Anglo-Saxon England AKA Feedsax
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Leicester scientists help uncover Jupiter’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/jupiter-image
Scientists who revealed stunning views of Jupiter with the new £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope hope more planets will soon give up their secrets.