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• Genetics and law for schools and colleges

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/school-and-colleges/law

  Here we cover genetics-related issues that are in the news and where the legislation has affected how they are used.

• Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/31/transporting-convicts-from-new-zealand-to-van-diemens-land/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on October 31, 2017 By Dr Kristyn Harman Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania   Like many New Zealanders, I grew up hearing stories about the Australian penal colonies, particularly anecdotes of London...

• Attitudes to Convict Ancestry: Documentary Review

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/12/02/convict-ancestry-documentary/

  Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on December 2, 2016 In this blog post I review the documentary ‘A Secret History of my Family: Gadbury Sisters’ , which aired in 2016, and discuss how it reflects changing attitudes to convict ancestry amongst British and...

• Room types

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/accommodation/room-types

  From single bedrooms to one-bedroom flats, there are lots of different room types in our halls. Find out more, including information on adapted rooms for disabled students.

• 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.

• Airbus Intelligence relocating to Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/24-airbus-space-park

  artist impression of space park campus|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Airbus plans to relocate their Leicestershire-based Earth Observation expert team to Space Park Leicester when their current lease expires.

• 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.