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Florence Rich and Granville School for Girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/05/22/florence-rich-and-granville-school-for-girls/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 22, 2018 11 Granville Road, Leicester, formerly Granville School for Girls On 14 November 1917 The Leicester Daily Post , edited by W. G.
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Leicester Citys success was written in a 120 yearold football prophecy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-city2019s-success-was-written-in-a-100-year-old-football-prophecy
Leicester City Football Club’s (LCFC) monumental success in the Premier League was prophesised over 120 years ago - by Leicester fans in 1895.
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Professor Paul Baines becomes the new Mayor of Charnwood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/paul-baines-charnwood-mayor
Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing at the University of Leicester and councillor for Anstey, has been chosen as the new Mayor of Charnwood. The new Mayor was sworn in as the 48th first citizen of the borough at the Council’s Annual Meeting on Monday 17 May 2021.
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Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor
International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore ancient freshwater systems below the ocean floor and up to 100 miles offshore
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Scoliosis
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/scoliosis
One compelling aspect of Shakespeare’s Richard III is his deformity. In the play the king is described as ‘hunchbacked’ and there has been considerable disagreement since whether this is real or a politically motivated invention of his enemies.
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Who owned the Wicked Bible?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/23/who-owned-the-wicked-bible/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 23, 2015 It’s been reported in the news this week that a copy of the so called “Wicked Bible” is to be auctioned at Bonhams in November.
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Medical group celebrates five-year milestone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/student-medical-group-medrace-fifth-anniversary
A group set up to prevent and address racial harassment in medicine is celebrating its five-year anniversary
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Debating Crimea
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/27/debating-crimea/
Posted by Olga Suhomlinova in School of Business Blog on March 27, 2014 Dr Olga Suhomlinova, Lecturer in Management at the School, responds to a question which she now finds herself expected to answer “So, what do you think about Crimea?” This is the most frequent question I...
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Leicester signs up to the Turing University Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/turing
The University of Leicester’s research in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence has been given a boost by the news it has become one of 29 new members of the Alan Turing Institute’s university network.
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Blog 3: Items of Interest. Guest post by Jenni Hunt.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/04/09/blog-3-items-of-interest-chosen-by-jenni-hunt/
Third blog of 3 by Jenni Hunt, temporary archive assistant, about the items she found most interesting during the listing work she has been doing.