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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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Grants
https://le.ac.uk/gem/research/grants
Browse the research grants awarded to support our research in Geriatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Leicester.
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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Dr Turi E King, Research Fellow and Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain. Lead researcher on 'The Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England' project. Research Fellow: Dr Turi King In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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Completed PHDs 2000-2009
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/research-degrees/completed-phd/2000-2009
2009 Magnus Gestsson - Commercial galleries in Copenhagen, London and Reykjavik: A comparative study of the formations, contexts and interactions of galleries founded between 1985 and 2002.
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Research and Enterprise Committee
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/committees/senate/research
See the Research Strategy Policy and Performance Committee's terms of reference and membership, including details of their role, responsibilities, reporting hierarchy and meetings.
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Britain’s first space explorer is honoured by University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-helen-sharman
Britain’s first astronaut has paid tribute to the University of Leicester’s world class space research.
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Ethical survey software from University of Leicester rolled-out by LOROS Hospice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/leicsurvey-loros
LOROS Hospice has implemented an inclusive survey tool to gather user feedback developed by University of Leicester researchers, which allows organisations to collect user data in an inclusive and accessible way
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Joe Orton: Behind the playwright
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...
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The Alice Hawkins Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/05/the-alice-hawkins-collection/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on September 5, 2025 By Iona Kerstin Volynets 6 September 2025 From July 2009 to June 2010, a team of devoted volunteers at the LeicestHERday Trust gathered 150 interviews of prominent women from Leicestershire.
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Leicester Atmospheric Science and Juno
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/06/leicester-atmospheric-science-and-juno/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 6, 2016 In addition to the suite of remote sensing instruments carried aboard the Junospacecraft, the mission coincides with an unprecedented international campaign to scrutinise Jupiter’s...