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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Complaints procedure
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Information on university of Leicester accommodation complaints procedure
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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since ‘evaporated’
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George McTurk
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-mcturk
We are sad to report the death of George McTurk, a man who served the University for nigh on 40 years in the Geology Department and Pre-Clinical Sciences in the Medical School from 1963 to 2003.
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Parents and researchers share insights at University of Leicester for World Prematurity Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/prematurity-day
University of Leicester invites parents, teachers and professionals to ‘The educational needs of children born preterm’ on Thursday 17 November.
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Welcome Postdoc Zedong Zheng – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2022/02/21/welcome-zedong-zheng/
The Arch-I-Scan project welcomes Zedong Zheng as new Postdoctoral Research Associate (Mathematics).
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Hunting the silent killer
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/detecting-cancer
Professor Jacqui Shaw is leading research into new ways of detecting and monitoring cancer through the development of liquid biopsies or blood based tests.
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Psychology annual lecture to explore controversy surrounding cognitive neuroscience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/psychology-annual-lecture-to-explore-controversy-surrounding-cognitive-neuroscience
Controversy surrounding the extent to which detailed information about brain activity can enhance our understanding of ourselves and how we tick will be examined at the annual Sluckin Lecture on 3 May.
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Expert in infectious diseases to call for research improvements during epidemics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/expert-in-infectious-diseases-to-call-for-research-improvements-during-epidemics
The research response to epidemics has been slow and our attitude to carrying out research in the midst of infectious disease outbreaks needs to change, an expert in infectious diseases will argue at a lecture on 18 November.