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• Dr Sylvia Pinches

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/people/sylvia-pinches

  Dr Sylvia Pinches received her doctorate in 2001, and has since held a number of posts, including as a researcher for the Compton Verney House Trust and as a curator at 78 Derngate, Northampton.

• Vacation placements

  https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/careers/vacation-placements

  A number of our students have been fortunate enough to gain from vacation placements while at Leicester.

• ITV drama set at the University to air over Easter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/itv-drama-set-at-the-university-to-air-over-easter

  The first episode of the two-part ITV fictional drama based on the discovery of DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester and its first use in a murder enquiry will air over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

• New academy aims to change nature of health care for older people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-academy-aims-to-change-nature-of-health-care-for-older-people

  A new academy has been set up in Leicester that hopes to tackle the challenges of ageing and change the nature of health care for older people.

• Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’ and what impact it will leave behind on the planet’s fossil record.

• Monkeys and chimpanzees have created their own archaeological sites dating back hundreds of years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/monkeys-and-chimpanzees-have-created-their-own-archaeological-sites-dating-back-hundreds-of-years

  Capuchin monkeys have created their own archaeological sites in Brazil, complete with nut-cracking tools that date back at least 600-700 years ago, according to recent research – and Dr Huw Barton from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History...

• Green light for Freemen's Common Student Village

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/04-freemens-common-student-village

  Leicester City Council’s Planning Committee approved plans yesterday for the new Freemen’s Common Student Village at the University of Leicester.

• Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

  In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

• Student nurses shortlisted for prestigious awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/student-nursing-times-awards-leicester

  A group of student nurses has been shortlisted for some prestigious awards thanks to their dedication and commitment

• Leading UK society moves to Space Park Leicester ahead of landmark anniversary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/remote-sensing-photogrammetry-society-space-park

  The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society has moved to the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park