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New Years Honours University links
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-years-honours-university-links
Members of our University have again been recognised in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered genetic fingerprinting at this University, has been has been appointed as a Companion of Honour (CH).
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Plaque to mark Barwell Christmas Eve meteorite unveiled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/green-plaque-to-mark-barwell-meteorite-which-landed-in-1965-unveiled
A green plaque marking the surprise arrival of a large meteorite in the village of Barwell on Christmas Eve in 1965 has been unveiled at the junction of Chapel Street and Dawson's Lane - close to the site of the meteorite fall.
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University celebrates 50th anniversary of UKs first mass communication research centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-uks-first-mass-communication-research-centre
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass communication and birthplace of the UK’s first media and communications Master’s degree.
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University academic part of new research into kidney disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university-academic-part-of-new-research-into-kidney-disease
An academic at our University has been part of novel study carried out by an international team of researchers exploring the link between the immune system and kidney disease.
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Obituary: Emeritus Professor Eric Dunning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/15-obituary-emeritus-professor-eric-dunning
It was with great sadness that the University has learned of the death of Emeritus Professor Eric Dunning. Eric was a pioneer in the sociology of sport and the founder, with Patrick Murphy and John Williams, of the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research.
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Leicester academic speaks at UCLA symposium on race and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-symposium-ucla-race-human-rights
The University of Leicester was represented by Dr Vidya Kumar, Associate Professor of Law at Leicester Law School, at a symposium titled ‘Critical Perspectives on Race and Human Rights: Transnational Re-Imaginings’, held at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on...
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Leicester professor receives prestigious midwifery award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-midwifery-award-professor-jayne-marshall
Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery in the School of Allied Health Professions at the University of Leicester, was awarded the prestigious Achievement Award at the 2019 Midlands Maternity and Midwifery Festival Awards on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at King...
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School of History, Politics and International Relations
https://le.ac.uk/hypir
The School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester houses the subject areas of History, Politics and International Relations and American Studies and is also home to world-leading research clusters and centres.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research
Research links to current and past projects, carried out by The University of Leicester's Centre of Urban History.
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Signal processing breakthroughs to boost Target Detection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/signal-processing-breakthroughs-to-boost-target-detection-1
Target Detection will receive a vital boost thanks to pioneering signal processing research.