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University up for two national archaeology awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-up-for-two-national-archaeology-awards
The University has been nominated for two Current Archaeology Awards for its work on the DNA analysis of the remains of King Richard III and a project that unearthed skeletons that could be the earliest examples of African people living in Leicester.
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Leicester continues rise up Complete University Guide rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-rise-complete-university-guide-rankings
The University of Leicester has continued its rise up the rankings in the 2026 Complete University Guide.
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Playing Prometheus: some reflections from Australia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/19/playing-prometheus-some-reflections-from-australia/
Blog on Australia Convict heritage sites and archives
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World Bank’s Open Budgets portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/world-banks-open-budgets-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 World Bank’s Open Budgets portal aims to provide a one-stop shop to locate national and sub-national regional budget economic data from about 40 nations involved in the...
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Postgraduate Researcher Careers: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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In my prison notebook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/08/29/in-my-prison-notebook/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on August 29, 2016 Last year I came across a rare archival find: multiple editions of a 19th century prison newspaper covertly produced by Russian inmates between 1890 and 1905.
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Leicester rises up the Complete University Guide table
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/complete-uni-guide
The University of Leicester has risen up the rankings in the 2025 Complete University Guide.
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Colleagues remember Lucy
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/lucy-ellis/colleagues
Lucy’s recent and former colleagues have shared some memories below: “I knew Lucy for 17 years, meeting her for the first time when the careers service was based in College House and liking her immediately as she was so friendly and warm-hearted.
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Big data technology helps to find ideal river locations for hydro-power generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/big-data-technology-helps-to-find-ideal-river-locations-for-hydro-power-generation
A technology in development with the University has the potential to revolutionise the sourcing of renewable energy from rivers. A software app developed collaboratively by the University of Leicester and High Efficiency Heating UK Ltd.
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University of Leicester historian celebrates double book prize win
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/anderson
Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical Association’s biennial Kay Daniels Award 2024, for her book Convicts: A Global History.