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  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Unity is our strength why it is vital to stay in the EU

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/unity-is-our-strength-2013-why-it-is-vital-to-stay-in-the-eu

    Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West and Labour's East Midlands EU Champion visited the University of Leicester’s new Centre for Medicine, which is part-funded by the European Union.

  • Scientists develop new product to tackle Salmonella

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/salmonella

    Scientists have successfully developed a bacteriophage product to prevent Salmonella in broiler chickens.

  • DNA fingerprinting

    https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting

    In 1984 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, learn more about his work.

  • Investors and Investees Behaviours

    https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/finance-governance-and-enterprise/investors-and-investees-behaviours

    Financial innovation has opened financial markets to unprecedented numbers of retail investors with no or limited knowledge and experience of actively participating in financial markets.

  • 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.

  • Preserving the grave

    https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/preserving-the-grave

    One problem faced by the team was, how best to preserve the grave for posterity. Under normal circumstances, the best protection is to carefully cover the archaeology with a protective membrane and rebury it.

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