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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...
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Lecturer clinches early career award for outstanding work in pharmacy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/scott
Sion Scott, a lecturer in behavioural medicine and lead postgraduate tutor at the University of Leicester is the winner of the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award’ (OPERA) 2024
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Christian makes University of Leicester history after graduating from flagship minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/christian-graduating-flagship-minority-ethnic-phd-scholarship
Christian Davis has made history after becoming the first to graduate from the University of Leicester’s pioneering minority ethnic PhD scholarship scheme.
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Jupiters jawdropping north pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/jupiters-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system
Last week NASA's Juno spacecraft sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter's north pole, taken during the spacecraft's first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on.
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The mystery of the impossible black hole
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/11/mystery-impossible-black-hole/
In September 2020 the LIGO/Virgo team announced the detection of two black holes merging. Two impossible black holes.
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More on overtime
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/more-on-overtime/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 How much overtime do British workers do? The Office for National Statistics has Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) .
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National Archives: Olympic record
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/21/national-archives-olympic-record/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 21, 2012 http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/olympics/ A specialist section of pages created by the National archives to highlight their Olympic and Paralympic games holdings.
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Leicester expert discusses recent tensions between the US and North Korea
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-expert-discusses-recent-tensions-between-the-us-and-north-korea
Dr Andrew Futter from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing recent tensions between the United States and North Korea and the possible ramifications of cyber attacks.
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Director of careers service discusses futureproofing students in an everchanging world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/director-of-careers-service-discusses-future-proofing-students-in-an-ever-changing-world
The University's new Director of the Career Development Service and Student Support discusses how university does more than just get students their first job in a new interview.
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Exhibition depicting students views on the criminal justice system uses innovative new research method
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/exhibition-depicting-student-views-on-the-criminal-justice-system-uses-innovative-new-research-method
A new photographic exhibition depicting students’ views on the criminal justice system will run from 8 – 19 May at the University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre.