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Secrets of our ancient animal ancestors may be revealed through oldest DNA sequences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/secrets-of-our-ancient-animal-ancestors-may-be-revealed-through-oldest-dna-sequences
700 million year-old DNA sequences from ancient animals have been unearthed by researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Warwick, shedding new light on our earliest animal ancestors and how they influenced modern species - including the sponge.
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Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely
An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.
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Award-winning graduate gives insights into the experiences of care leavers at university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/award-winning-graduate-gives-insights-into-the-experiences-of-care-leavers-at-university
A former student, recognised earlier this year for his work to support care leavers, has spoken at the annual conference of the National Educational Opportunities Network this week.
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Research resources
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/research/resources
The University of Leicester holds excellent research resources for medieval studies, such as the significant collection of manuscripts and rare books held in the University Library. Find out more about these available resources.
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Facilities and Services
https://le.ac.uk/lcrc/facilities-and-services
ECMC support service The Leicester Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) is jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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Love is in the air at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/love-is-in-the-air-at-leicester
Love is in the air at Leicester Love is in the air at Leicester|Graduates Jason and Alix were pricked by Cupid’s arrow while studying at Leicester – and are now celebrating getting engaged Students joining the University of Leicester can expect a world-class education and a...
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Frost Fairs on the Thames
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/12/01/frost-fairs-on-the-thames/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on December 1, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by Francesco Bartolozzi. From the Fairclough Collection, EP 36, Box 7, p. 590.
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The Lord of Misrule and his band of ‘lusty guts’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/20/the-lord-of-misrule-and-his-band-of-lusty-guts/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on December 20, 2016 Behaving badly at the Christmas festivities and doing something you would really rather not remember is not an exclusively modern phenomenon, as a trawl through our Special Collections reveals –...
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Weber, Tolstoj and the Usefulness of Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/09/04/weber-tolstoj-and-the-usefulness-of-universities/
Posted by Doris Ruth Eikhof in School of Business Blog on September 4, 2014 Doris Ruth Eikhof, Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment at the School, shares some earlier* thoughts on the Research Excellence Framework (REF) In the past two years UK universities have...
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On multi-sited research and mono-sited (nationalist) memory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/05/26/on-multi-sited-research-and-mono-sited-nationalist-memory/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on May 26, 2015 Addressing convict transportation – the key feature in the Carceral Archipelago project – implies multi-sited research, that is, research in archives located in different places (and countries/continents).