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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor

    International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore

  • Lucy Ellis

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/lucy-ellis

    It is with great sadness that we share news of the death of Lucy Ellis, our colleague in Library and Learning Services. Lucy was taken ill earlier this year and had been receiving ongoing treatment.

  • New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite

    Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the meteorite’s journey through space to Earth

  • Supporting assessment tasks in seminars and group tutorials

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/supporting-assessment-tasks-in-seminars-and-group-tutorials/

    Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 This is a draft preview version of a resource currently in production.

  • Catherine Leyland

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/cl250/

    Learning Technologist in the Leicester Learning Institute.

  • Interview with Sharon Wang

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/05/31/introducing-dr-sharon-wang-postdoctoral-research-associate-maths-for-arch-i-scan/

    Interview with Dr. Sharon (Shuihua) Wang, the new Mathematics Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Arch-I-Scan project.

  • ab520

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/andrew_blain/

    Astrophysics seminar – Wed 9th Nov 3pm LTA Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 This week’s in person astrophysics seminar will be by Sam Gill (Warwick). Sam will be around in Leicester from about 11am to 6pm.

  • Student life in the 1980s: what can we learn from Students’ Union handbooks?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/01/05/student-life-in-the-1980s-what-can-we-learn-from-students-union-handbooks/

    Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on January 5, 2024 Guest post by Jess Pascal, student volunteer. Hello, my name is Jess Pascal and I have been volunteering in the archives for the last two months.

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