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  • Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s 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

    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...

  • DOLFIN

    Babies who are born very early, or who suffer poor blood supply or lack of oxygen to the brain before or around birth, are more likely to have problems with their brain development and child neurological development.

  • The Habitable City

    The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Habitable City project.

  • Entry requirements

    Find out about our entry requirements for PhD, MPhil and professional doctorate programmes, with guidance on academic requirements, personal attributes and more.

  • 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

    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.

  • Get Involved

    Find out more about the Patient and Carer Group, housed within the Leicester Medical School. Including, how to apply.

  • DNA fingerprinting

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

  • About the Project

    The project addresses the complex problem of crime in Anglophone Caribbean societies from various disciplinary perspectives. Its aim is to develop our understanding of the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts of crime in the region.

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