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Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas
Preliminary investigations took place in late 2021, with the ULAS team carefully uncovering more than 120 burials in the top-most layers on the site. The area was once used as the churchyard for burials of people from all walks of life living in the surrounding parish.
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Chief Scientific Adviser pays tribute to University of Leicester’s world-leading research, impact, and COVID-19 response during visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/sir-patrick-vallance
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, recently visited the University of Leicester to find out more about its research expertise and to deliver a lecture on the importance of scientific advice in national policymaking.
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Diabetes professor from Leicester presented with CBE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/kamlesh-obe
A GP from Leicester who is recognised as the world’s leading diabetes researcher has been presented with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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Ripple: Publication of the Students’ Union
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/01/29/ripple/
Posted by Ceri Ashwell in Library Special Collections on January 29, 2014 Front cover 1952 Welcome to our first blog post! The aim of the blog is to expand awareness of the items within our collection and of the resources we have available.
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Managing your personal digital archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/11/07/managing-your-own-personal-digital-archive/
Tips on how to manage personal email, photographs, videos and documents
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University of Leicester staff blogs School of English Planning a Museum of the Bible
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/10/21/planning-a-museum-of-the-bible/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on October 21, 2014 Professor Gordon Campbell [posted on behalf of Professor Gordon Campbell] As a profession, we are uneasy about sacred texts.
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BBC Radio Leicester – In Perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/08/09/bbc-radio-leicester-in-perspective/
A blog that looks at the 'In Perspective' series produced by BBC Radio Leicester in the 1970s.
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Student placement in Special Collections, Week 1-2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/07/31/student-placement-in-special-collections-week-1-2/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on July 31, 2025 Guest post written by Yi-Chen Su and Yongqin Huang, who are completing an eight week placement in Archives & Special Collections as part of their MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies .
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From Berlin to Leicester: A Looted Book’s Tale
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/11/05/from-berlin-to-leicester-a-looted-books-tale/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 5, 2024 Please note that this post contains content relating to suicide and the Holocaust.
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Grey Friars in old maps and plans
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/grey-friars-in-old-maps
Historic maps of Leicester were an invaluable source of information for pinpointing the potential location of the Grey Friars, charting how that area of the town has changed over the last 400 years.