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New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary
New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Leicester...
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Forbes names Leicester academic in list of prodigious stars changing the world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/forbes-names-leicester-academic-in-list-of-prodigious-stars-changing-the-world
A researcher from our Department of Geology has been named to Forbes’ second annual ‘30 Under 30 Europe’ list in the Science and Healthcare Category.
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New liquid biopsy could help identify advanced breast cancer patients who would benefit from a change in treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/new-2018liquid-biopsy2019-could-help-identify-advanced-breast-cancer-patients-who-would-benefit-from-a-change-in-treatment
A novel blood test that measures genetic changes in circulating cancer DNA could help identify patients with metastatic breast cancer who could benefit from a change of treatment, new research has found.
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Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest
Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.
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Academic discusses Martin McGuinness in a BBC Radio Leicester interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/academic-discusses-the-death-of-martin-mcguinness-in-a-bbc-radio-leicester-interview
Dr Richard Butler, from the University of Leicester’s School of History, Politics and International Relations, has discussed the life of Martin McGuinness, who passed away today at the age of 66, in an interview with BBC Radio Leicester.
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Study examines issues relating to gender and trade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-examines-issues-relating-to-gender-and-trade
Dr Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella from the Leicester Law School was asked by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) to write a research paper on the application of the principle of sex equality outside the workplace.
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GPS in space research brings autonomous interplanetary travel closer to reality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/201cgps-in-space201d-research-brings-autonomous-interplanetary-travel-closer-to-reality
An accurate method for spacecraft navigation takes a leap forward today as the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and our University publish a paper that reveals a spacecraft’s position in space in the direction of a particular pulsar can be calculated autonomously, using a...
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Hannah Lewis MBE to recount her experiences surviving the Holocaust
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/hannah-lewis-mbe-to-recount-her-experiences-surviving-the-holocaust
An upcoming lecture will see Holocaust survivor Hannah Lewis MBE recount her experiences growing up Poland and surviving the atrocities of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
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How the application process works
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/armed-forces/application
Find out how the application process works for the Higher Education Pathway for Armed Forces programme at Leicester.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/selina_lock/
South Asian Heritage Month – Book Hide and Seek Posted by stl5 in Library and Learning Services on July 4, 2024 University of Leicester Library and Learning Services – Book Hide & Seek South Asian Heritage Month is the name given to the month-long celebration in the...