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Blog 1: Advertising files: Guest post by Jenni Hunt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/03/09/guest-post-by-jenni-hunt-advertising-files/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on March 9, 2021 The University Archives The University Archives at the University of Leicester are, perhaps unsurprisingly, boxes and boxes of files relating to the history of the University of Leicester.
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Genetics study to improve prediction of heart disease recruits 20000th participant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/genetics-study-to-improve-prediction-of-heart-disease-recruits-20-000th-participant
A team of researchers from our University and NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (LCBRU) in conjunction with colleagues from Primary Care and Leicester and Leicestershire CCGs have recruited their 20,000th participant to a landmark genetics study.
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£1.3 million grant for global atmosphere research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-troposphere-erc-grant
Dr Eloise Marais from our School of Physics and Astronomy has secured a European Research Council (ERC) grant of more than £1 million to advance her crucial research into the global upper troposphere.
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Our Vice-Chancellor champions HeForShe at global platform
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/our-vice-chancellor-champions-heforshe-at-global-platform
30 Global Leaders have unveiled their ground-breaking solutions for gender equality as part of UN Women's HeForShe movement.
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Time to Erase the Grey on sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/03-erase-the-grey
YIQhBjF4cmk|The University and Students’ Union are collaborating to raise awareness of sexual violence this February, through Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which begins today.
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Primary school pupils graduate before University of Leicester students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/intouniversity-graduation
Primary school children stole a march on University of Leicester students after graduating from the institution at the age of just 10 and 11.
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Zanzibar’s Prison Island: The Prison That Never Was, by Sarah Longair
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/23/zanzibars-prison-island-the-prison-that-never-was-by-sarah-longair/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 23, 2014 My initial research on peculiar history of Zanzibar’s so-called Prison Island as part of the Carceral Archipelago project began last year delving into the records in the National Archives and the...
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Space Debris and Sustainability – National Space Centre Live Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/04/space-debris-and-sustainability-national-space-centre-live-qa/
Space Debris and Sustainability - National Space Centre Live Q&A
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Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd
A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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The Blue Boar Inn
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/blue-boar-inn
The Blue Boar Inn was constructed in the mid-15th century. Richard’s final stay in Leicester was for one or two nights at the Blue Boar Inn on 19 and 20 August.