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Welcome to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome
Essential information and support for new students joining the University of Leicester - checklists, events, and settling in guidance.
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Celebrating Leicester’s live music heritage as Radio 2 comes to town
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/gigs
While some of pop’s biggest names will be descending on Leicester this weekend for Radio 2 In The Park, it’s not the first time some of them have graced a stage within the LE1 postcode.
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MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize
See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.
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Chicken and egg mystery solved in new DNA book for younger readers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dna-childrens-book
New children’s book about genetics answers the age-old question of which came first, written by genetics experts working at the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir
Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.
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Manuscripts as Memorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/02/22/manuscripts-as-memorials/
Second post by Naomi Milthorpe exploring Huntington's Evelyn Waugh holdings, focussing on the role of manuscripts in self-constructed author legacy.
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Chains of Finance and how they matter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/04/26/chains-of-finance-and-how-they-matter/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on April 26, 2018 In this blog Dr Ekaterina Svetlova discusses her recently published book – an insider perspective on the investment industry – arguing that the industry should be seen more as a chain of...
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Overview of the genetics and genealogical techniques used to identify the remains
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/overview
The vast majority of our DNA is a very complex mixture of DNA passed down to us from our ancestors.
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Environmental Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar2008
Module code: AR2008 How do we know what a society ate? What crops they grew and what animals they herded? One way to establish the relationship between ancient societies and the environments they lived in is by studying core materials such as plant remains, molluscs, animal...
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International Relations After the Cold War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl7161
Module code: PL7161 This module critically examines the means by which the West maintains its concept of Order.