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350 Years Ago Pepys and the Easter of 1666
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/350-years-ago-pepys-and-the-easter-of-1666
350 years ago, on the Easter of 1666, famous diarist Samuel Pepys recorded how he failed to join a Church of England service at the Chapel in Whitehall Palace as it was too crowded over the festive period.
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Double award for University academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/double-award-for-university-academic
An academic from the University is to receive an award for his contribution to language testing and educational assessment at an international conference in Italy.
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Interactions, media and news
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/phage-research/media
Learn more about news, interactions and media in the Centre for Phage Research at Leicester.
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Student societies
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/societies
Find out about the University of Leicester's student geological societies, including the Peter Colley Sylvester Bradley (PCSB) student society, Society of Economic Geologists, Palaeobiology Society and Geophysical Student Society.
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New University Ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-university-ranking
A ranking of world universities has placed Leicester in the UK top 20 and 226th in the world. The 2017 CWUR World University Ranking is the largest academic ranking of global universities.
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Changing the world, one story at a time. Humanitarian Society scoops two awards for groundbreaking journalism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/humanitarian-society
A newsletter produced by University of Leicester's Humanitarian Society has been recognised by the Student Publication Association.
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Leicester among top three East Midlands universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/sunday-times
The University of Leicester has been named among the top three universities in the East Midlands in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
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Student nurses scoop prestigious awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/nursing-times-awards-leicester
Student Nurses Daud Malida and Lily Scott, from the University of Leicester, have won Student Nursing Times Awards
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Taken-for-granted metaphors in HE and the messages they convey – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/05/22/metaphors/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Taken-for-granted metaphors in HE and the messages they convey.
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Locating the choir within the church
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/locating-the-choir
A small area above the human remains in Trench 1 was carefully widened with a digger to give archaeologists better access to the burial. Jo Appleby and Turi King began to carefully remove the grave soil by hand. Work was slow, to avoid damage to the skeleton.