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Trailblazing astrophysicist and champion of women in science to deliver University of Leicester public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/jocelyn-bell
Two science superstars will converge at the University of Leicester for a special public lecture, next month.
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Leicester City Graduate Project earns FSB local government prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/city-graduate-project-award
A flagship internship scheme encouraging students from Leicester’s two universities to stay and work in the city after they graduate has been recognised as one of the best regional initiatives at a national award ceremony.
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Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester
The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.
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The king's grave
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/the-kings-grave
Richard III was buried at the west end of the church choir, in front of the southern choir stall. This location is slightly ambiguous. Although the feet and one lower leg bone (left fibula) were missing Richard III’s skeleton was otherwise complete.
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Sources of funding for oral history projects
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/community-resources/funding
Find out the best ways to source funding for your oral history project from the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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University response to EHRC racial harassment report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/23-university-response-to-ehrc-racial-harassment-report
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has today published a report examining racial harassment in higher education. The report makes for difficult reading for the higher education sector and the EHRC have called for a strong individual and collective response.
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Pandemic’s Chief Science Advisor is honoured by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/patrick-vallance
A scientist who played a pivotal role in shaping science policy during the pandemic has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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ULTRACEPT
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/groups/trustworthy-autonomous-systems/ultracept
Ultra-layered perception with brain-inspired information processing for vehicle collision avoidance. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number no 778062.
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Chemistry with Foundation Year BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/chemistry-with-foundation-year-bsc/2026
If you would love to study chemistry here at Leicester, but you don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/115/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester