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New guide to Old Towns legal past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-guide-to-old-town2019s-legal-past
Students from our University have created a new city guide. The legal history of one of the oldest areas of Leicester has been brought to life in a new audio tour.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/pvc-and-head-of-college-cse
Find out more about our Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering.
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Anthony Pither
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/anthony-pither
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Anthony Pither, the University’s last Director of Music.
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Extensive freshened water beneath the ocean floor confirmed for the first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/freshened-water-ocean-floor-confirmed
International team including University of Leicester geoscientists provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers, following an expedition off the coast of New England in 2025
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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century
Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.
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University honours distinguished figures in the arts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/university-honours-distinguished-figures-in-the-arts
An award-winning theatrical actor and the former Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, will be honoured at the University's Degree Ceremonies on 23 January.
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International Transgender Day of Remembrance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 20, 2017 Each year in November, we are reminded of our University’s motto, Ut Vitam Habeant – That They May Have Life.
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Testimonials from Canadian students
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/international/canadian-applicants/testimonials
Hear from Leicester Law School's Canadian graduates and find out about their experiences of life at Leicester.
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An interview with Nora Waddington
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/19/an-interview-with-nora-waddington/
Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive. These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.
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University of Leicester lecturer wins Global Space Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/lecturer-global-space-award
Dr Beatriz Sanchez-Cano recognised for her leadership of the Mars Magnetosphere Atmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather Science (M-MATTISSE) mission