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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Medical Schools UK Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Network Online Meeting 2022
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/medical-schools-uk-edi-meeting
A meeting of the UK Medical Schools Equality Diversity and Inclusion Network
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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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Students to take part in cooking competition using Fairtrade ingredients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-to-take-part-in-cooking-competition-using-fairtrade-ingredients
University staff will be giving their best impressions of foodie TV personalities Gregg Wallace and John Torode as they grill students in a Fairtrade-themed MasterChef competition to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, taking place from 23 February to 8 March.
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Socially Engaged Practice in Museums and Galleries MA, MSc, PGDip, PGCert, short course, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/socially-engaged-practice-in-museums-and-galleries-ma-msc-dl/2026
This is for you if... you want a flexible, part-time course that allows you to develop skills and expertise in addressing contemporary social issues in museums and galleries.
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Socially Engaged Practice in Museums and Galleries MA, MSc, PGDip, PGCert, short course, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/socially-engaged-practice-in-museums-and-galleries-ma-msc-dl/2025
This is for you if... you want a flexible, part-time course that allows you to develop skills and expertise in addressing contemporary social issues in museums and galleries.
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£2.5m to help with complex health and social care decision-making across the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/evidence-synthesis-funding
Funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support collaboration providing research-based evidence to support important decision-making across the four UK nations.
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Careers in Engineering, Energy and the Environment (including the Aerospace and Defence Sector)
https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/recruitment-fairs/employment-sector/engineering
Airline Pilot Electrical Engineer Electronics Engineer Maintenance Engineer Manufacturing Systems Engineer Materials Engineer Mechanical Engineer Network Engineer Project Engineer Systems Analyst Chemical...
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University of Leicester Bake Off star to join Vice-Chancellor at UK technicians conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/bake-off-star-vice-chancellor-technicians-conference
The University of Leicester’s Great British Bake Off finalist will join the institution’s Vice-Chancellor at the UK’s largest conference for technical professionals in higher education and research.
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Healthy eating and respiratory irritants from 400000 years ago revealed through ancient dental plaque
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/healthy-eating-and-respiratory-irritants-from-400-000-years-ago-revealed-through-ancient-dental-plaque
The University of Leicester is involved in new research conducted by archaeologists from the University of York and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with members of Tel Aviv University, that reveals striking insights into the living conditions...