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Japanese Princess completes year of study at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/japanese-princess-completes-year-of-study-at-leicester
Our School of Museum Studies is celebrating the achievement of a Japanese Princess who has successfully completed all her classes and handed in her final coursework. She now returns to Japan to await her final results before graduation in January 2016.
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Archaeologists identify ingredients for food served during Richard IIIs reign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/archaeologists-identify-ingredients-for-medieval-dishes-served-during-richard-iii2019s-reign
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have lent their expertise towards a series of medieval recipes designed to provide insight into the culinary dishes that may have been served up during the reign of King Richard III.
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Free online course offers insights into the time of Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/free-online-course-offers-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii
As the first anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III approaches in March, our University is relaunching its highly popular online course that explores what it was really like to live in the world of the last Plantagenet King.
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Leicester academic to appear on BBC Radio 4 to discuss celebrated American author J D Salinger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-of-leicester-academic-to-appear-on-bbc-radio-4-to-discuss-celebrated-american-author-j-d-salinger
A University of Leicester lecturer in American Literature will be exploring the English influences on J. D. Salinger's work on BBC Radio 4 later this month. Dr Sarah Graham, of the School of English, will feature in 'J. D.
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Leicester builds launchpad for industry ready physics graduates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-builds-launchpad-for-industry-ready-physics-graduates
Physics students are putting theory into practice in a new Skills Elective that has seen them work with industry on projects such as decommissioning satellites and helping to diagnose breast cancer cases.
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One year on Richard III reinterment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/one-year-on-richard-iii-reinterment-1
It has been a year to the day since the mortal remains of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king, left the University of Leicester after 931 days of being under the University's custody - 142 days longer than his reign as King of England.
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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts
Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.
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Sporting sensation set for 2016 European Athletics Championships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/sporting-sensation-set-for-2016-european-athletics-championships
An undergraduate student at our University has been selected for the Great Britain 100 metre hurdling team which is headed to Amsterdam in July for the 2016 European Athletics Championships.
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Beehold our hivestar bumble abode
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/bee-hold-our-hive-star-bumble-abode
Ahead of World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June, students at the University are helping to build replicas of insect natural habitats in two new locations in Leicester.