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                    How sexual violence in conflict can be combatted through new forensic DNA collecting methodshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/how-sexual-violence-in-conflict-can-be-combatted-through-new-methods-for-collecting-forensic-dna Dr Lisa Smith (pictured) from the Department of Criminology has launched a new project to investigate alternative ways of collecting DNA evidence from victims of sexual violence in conflict zones and displaced communities, including refugee camps. 
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                    The coffining of the mortal remains of King Richard IIIhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/the-coffining-of-the-mortal-remains-of-king-richard-iii On Sunday 15 March, 2015 the coffining of the mortal remains of King Richard III took place in preparation for reinterment at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March. The private occasion took place in the Council Room – formerly a Chapel - of the University of Leicester. 
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                    Leicester to benefit from NERC funding for Central England training centre programmehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-central-england-training-centre-programme NERC pledges £100M for postgraduate training – University of Leicester to benefit from Central England training centre programme 
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                    Leicester law graduate to compete at Rio Olympicshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-law-graduate-to-compete-at-rio-olympics Leicester alumnus Phelan Hill has been selected to compete for Team GB in this summer's 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which begin on 5 August. 
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                    Jack Chambershttps://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/jack-chambers Jack joined the Council in September 2023. After graduating from the University in 2015, Jack joined HM Treasury where he advised ministers and senior officials on a range of public policy issues, financial stability and public expenditure and value for money decisions. 
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                    Spotlight on University of Leicester students and community projects for royal visithttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/28-spotlight-students-community-projects-royal-visit Will and Kate 2100|Today (Wednesday 28 November), Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the city in tribute to last month's helicopter crash at Leicester City Football Club. 
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                    Congratulations to Dr Jennifer Carter for being awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowshiphttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/13/congratulations-to-dr-jennifer-carter-for-being-awarded-a-dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/ Congratulations to Dr Jennifer Carter for being awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship 
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                    Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberiahttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/siberian-fires According to Russia’s forestry agency, this year’s fires have ravaged more than 14m hectares, making it the second-worst fire season since the turn of the century. 
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                    Glorious Debohttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/09/29/glorious-debo/ Posted by Barbara Cooke in School of English Blog on September 29, 2014 Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, often referred to as the “last Mitford sister”, has passed away. But Debo, as she was known to friends and family, was an institution in her own right. 
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                    The politics of comparison: writing a global history of punishmenthttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/02/05/the-politics-of-comparison-writing-a-global-history-of-punishment/ Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 5, 2015 The Carceral Archipelago project faces enormous challenges in writing the history of punishment as global history.