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The road to reinterment
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/reinterring/road-to-reinterment
On the morning of Saturday 22 March, Richard III’s mortal remains left the University of Leicester, formally starting six days of events across the city and county of Leicestershire commemorating the king’s life, death and reburial with dignity and honour.
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Gender equality in sports governance boards to be explored by Leicester researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/gender-equality-in-sports-governance-boards-to-be-explored-by-leicester-researcher
A researcher from our University will be examining gender equality in corporate governance of sport organisations as part of a funded European Commission Erasmus + project with five European countries.
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Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership
According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.
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Goal 3: Health and Wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/health-and-wellbeing
The third Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
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Reflecting upon Four Years of Criminal Corpses. By Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/09/06/reflecting-upon-four-years-of-criminal-corpses-by-rachel-bennett/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 6, 2016 Almost four years ago to the day I travelled to Leicester to attend my first PhD supervisory meeting armed with only a pen, a notepad and a head swirling with ideas.
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Seminar to examine how the media represents tween girls
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/seminar-to-examine-representation-of-tween-girls-in-the-media
The controversial way in which ‘tween’ girls are represented in the media will be explored at a free public event at our University taking place on Friday 26 May.
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Report suggests public participation should be at the heart of big data projects
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/report-suggests-public-participation-should-be-at-the-heart-of-big-data-projects
Public participation should be at the heart of big data projects in health care and biomedical research, according to the findings of a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050
Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death in the coming decades - at an event on Wednesday 25 November.
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Jewry Wall Museum improvements to be made
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/jewry-wall-museum-improvements-to-be-made
The archaeologist who led the project to discover King Richard III’s remains will be leading investigations in a project to improve Leicester’s finest Roman site.
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Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer
This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.