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Nuclear Graphite
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/hercules/case-studies/nuclear-graphite
Preparation of free-standing pillar Nuclear Graphite Graphite is hugely important for the construction of both historical and modern nuclear reactors [1], acting as a neutron moderator.
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Venice comes to Attenborough Arts Centre with Shape Arts’ landmark exhibition about the Disability Arts Movement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/crip-arte-spazio
The exhibition celebrates the Disability Arts Movement which contributed to changes in UK law.
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Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/healthy-ageing-leicester-genome-maria
Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
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Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/bioinformatics-and-molecular-genetics-msc/2026
This is for you if...you want to combine your interest in computing and bioinformatics with the study of molecular genetics to develop a career in biological research.
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Concordat to support the career development of researchers
https://le.ac.uk/research/doctoral-college/research-staff/concordat
Information on the action plans of the University of Leicester's response to the Concordat and what our success measures are.
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The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference
A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of research projects carried out at Leicester and Oxford focusing on the dispersal of people from their homelands.
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Desert Island Discs more than just a resource for good music
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/desert-island-discs-more-than-just-a-resource-for-good-music
On Wednesday 16 May Drs Nick Smith and Cathleen Waters from the University’s School of Arts will be discussing the results of their research paper which analyses the radio archives of Desert Island Discs. Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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Alumna wins top science writers award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/alumna-wins-top-science-writers-award
A Leicester graduate has won an Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) award for 'Best News Item' for her story about an ancient shipwreck victim.
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Archaeological Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar2601
Module code: AR2601 What was gender like in the past? How are politics and the past entwined? How was the past different from the present? How can archaeology help us think differently about the present? These are some of the key questions posed by this exciting...
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Archaeological Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar2601
Module code: AR2601 What was gender like in the past? How are politics and the past entwined? How was the past different from the present? How can archaeology help us think differently about the present? These are some of the key questions posed by this exciting...