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Travel to campus and parking
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/travel
Situated just three miles from main campus, you can walk, bike or take the bus from The Village. Parking is available at The Village, but is limited.
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Meridian Space Command moves to Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/meridian-spl
Meridian Space Command has moved to the University of Leicester’s pioneering £100 million science and innovation park to capitalise on Space Park Leicester’s state-of-the-art facilities
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ExoMars returns first images of new orbit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/exomars-returns-first-images-of-new-orbit
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned the first images of the Red Planet from its new orbit. The orbiter’s Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, CaSSIS, took the stunning image, which features part of an impact crater, during the instrument’s test period.
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Economic History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ec2034
Module: EC2034 In this module we take a global view of a very long span of history. We cover topics from Latin America, Africa and the Far East, from the Middle Ages to the middle of the 20th Century.
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Economic History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ec2034
Module: EC2034 In this module we take a global view of a very long span of history. We cover topics from Latin America, Africa and the Far East, from the Middle Ages to the middle of the 20th Century.
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19th century cake and icing recipes highlight historical approaches to baking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/19th-century-cake-and-icing-recipes-highlight-historical-approaches-to-baking
An historical recipe for a 19th century version of Great British Bake Off classic Shrowsbury Cake has been made available by the University's Special Collections.
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Peace project
https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/peace-project
University of Leicester is giving local schools and the local community the opportunity to visit its historic campus and discover the history of the University.
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Access our collections
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/access
How to access our Archives and Special Collections
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Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils
One of the finest examples of such fossils includes a Cretaceous-era octopus of the extinct genus Keuppia unearthed in Lebanon, estimated to be at least 94 million years old. Sarah Gabbott is a Professor of Palaeobiology and co-author of the paper.
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Genetics for schools and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-schools-colleges
Resources Resources a student filling in a form|Genomes and genomics The complete package of genetic information needed to make a living thing - in the form of all its DNA, genes and chromosomes - is known as a genome.