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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/199/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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The destruction of Old St Paul’s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/01/the-destruction-of-old-st-pauls/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 1, 2016 350 years ago this month, during the early hours of Sunday 2 September 1666, the Great Fire of London, which had broken out in the Pudding Lane bakery of Thomas Farynor, began to spread with...
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Gibraltar’s Economic Problems and the UK’s Role in Solving Them
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/12/18/gibraltars-economic-problems-and-the-uks-role-in-solving-them/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 18, 2013 Dr.
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Novel analysis technique helps Leicester researchers to solve Beagle 2 mystery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/novel-analysis-technique-helps-leicester-researchers-to-solve-beagle-2-mystery
Scientists in Leicester have moved one step closer to understanding exactly what happened to the ill-fated Mars Lander Beagle 2, thanks to an innovative research technique.
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Creative and performing arts
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/creative
Learn more about the collections about creative and performing arts in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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The Centre for Regional and Local History’s New Library Spaces
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/blog/new-library-spaces
Back in 2021 the Centre for English Local History moved out of Marc Fitch House at 3-5 Salisbury Road, where it had resided since 1988, to a new space on the University’s main campus.
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Sanctuary Scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/sanctuary-scholarships
The University of Leicester is proud to have obtained the University of Sanctuary award.
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Knowing where to look
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/knowing-where-to-look
Whilst nothing of the friary remains above ground today, its site has never actually been lost, despite one early map of Leicester, the 1610 Speed map, getting its location wrong.
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Pharmacists based within care homes make them safer for residents, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/care-home-pharmacies
Research by the University of Leicester has shown that basing pharmacies in care homes makes them safer for residents.
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Online sources for Leicestershire history
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-research/leicestershire-history
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Read our list of other websites for exploring the history of Leicestershire’s towns and villages.