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                    The king's gravehttps://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/the-kings-grave Richard III was buried at the west end of the church choir, in front of the southern choir stall. This location is slightly ambiguous. Although the feet and one lower leg bone (left fibula) were missing Richard III’s skeleton was otherwise complete. 
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                    Explore University of Leicester’s distinctive buildings and Sue Townsend treasureshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/heritage-day The public will have the chance to examine treasures from the Sue Townsend archive and explore the University of Leicester’s characterful buildings on Saturday 14 September. 
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                    Leicester expands international offer for student placementshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/turing-scheme Leicester students will be offered even more global opportunities to enhance their studies in the next academic year, funded by a major UK Government project. 
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                    Final poppy wreaths laid at Rutland war memorials for Poppy Pilgrimagehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/rutland-poppy Poppy wreaths laid by the University at three war memorials in Rutland. 
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                    Melissa: Novel by Jonathan Taylor Now Publishedhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/10/13/melissa-novel-by-jonathan-taylor-now-published/ Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on October 13, 2015 Very happy to announce that my second novel, Melissa , has now been published by Salt Publishing. The novel is inspired by true events. 
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                    ‘Women who become mothers before 33 earn 15% less’…https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/women-who-become-mothers-before-33-earn-15-less/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 …than other UK women who do not become mothers according to a report released by the TUC. Statistics are based on IPPR research. 
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                    China 70th anniversary of Communist rulehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/china-70th-anniversary-of-communist-rule/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 The official website in China has an English language section which discusses the anniversary Official news coverage News coverage BBC Guardian newspaper CNN graphics Wall... 
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                    Novel shortlisted for awardhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2016/03/16/novel-shortlisted-for-award/ Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on March 16, 2016 I’m very happy to announce that my novel, Melissa , which was published by Salt Publishing at the end of 2015, has just been shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2016. 
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                    Equal Pay Dayhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/equal-pay-day-3/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 Equal pay day 2017 is the 10 th November. This is the date after which effectively pay becomes unequal with men earning more than women. 
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                    Leicester Legal Eagles in flighthttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/legalliteracy/2014/03/04/leicester-legal-eagles-in-flight/ Posted by Dawn Watkins in Legal Literacy on March 4, 2014 This week sees the fourth of five visits made by groups of the University’s law students to St.