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Events archive
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/archive
Browse our archive of past events in the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester.
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University cricketers highlight the need for blood donation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-cricketers-highlight-the-need-for-blood-donation
Players from the University of Leicester first and seconds cricket team and development squad dressed in their cricket whites to donate blood and help save and improve lives.
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Pioneering research into rare cancer is making a difference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fennell
A professor who is ranked the highest in the world in his field is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for his pioneering research into a rare type of cancer
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University of Leicester launches exhibition celebrating 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/shakespeare
The University of Leicester is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with an exhibition at the David Wilson Library.
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Richard III's diet and lifestyle
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/what-we-know-now/diet-and-lifestyle
By measuring the different isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and strontium preserved in Richard III's skeleton, we can find out about the types of food and drink he consumed, as well as where he lived.
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Gardeners’ World presenter puts his roots down at University of Leicester’s city oasis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/nick-bailey
A face familiar to millions of BBC Gardeners’ World viewers will be bringing his expertise to the University of Leicester after being appointed director of its Botanic Garden.
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Stars align as Leicester awards honorary degree to NASA’s science head
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/leicester-awards-honorary-degree-nasa-science-head
University of Leicester honours the work of NASA’s effective head of science, Dr Nicola Fox, who revealed that beloved Leicester City mascot Filbert Fox has a special place at the United States’ famous space agency.
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£10 billion space telescope has only just begun to reveal universe’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/jwst-anniversary
Engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester, who have been part of the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission for 20 years, reflect on the first anniversary of its first images release.
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The Business of Bikes, and Cycling for England
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/09/11/the-business-of-bikes-and-cycling-for-england/
Posted by csmith in School of Business Blog on September 11, 2017 Charlotte Smith, a lecturer at ULSB and world class cyclist, discusses the tensions between amateurism and commercialism in the world of international cycling.
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Leicester school leader’s devotion to education is recognised with honour from her old university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/carolyn-robson
A Leicester school teacher who became a national leader in education has returned to her old university to receive an honorary title.