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                    Exceeding expectations Leicester shortlisted for more awards for Richard III discovery research and reintermenthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/exceeding-expectations-leicester-shortlisted-for-more-awards-for-richard-iii-discovery-research-and-reinterment Today is the anniversary of the announcement by the University of Leicester that it had discovered the mortal remains of Richard III – described by The Guardian as The most extraordinary press conference ever held at any UK university. 
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                    One year on Richard III reintermenthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/one-year-on-richard-iii-reinterment-1 It has been a year to the day since the mortal remains of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king, left the University of Leicester after 931 days of being under the University's custody - 142 days longer than his reign as King of England. 
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                    University of Leicester scores Silver for sustainabilityhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/sustainability-award EcoCampus has awarded the University a Silver certificate for its sustainability efforts 
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                    New free online course provides PhD application supporthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/new-free-online-course-provides-phd-application-support A free online course which provides support for potential postgraduate researchers is to be offered by our University and will begin on 4 September. 
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                    Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settingshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes. 
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                    Addressing the museum attendance and benefit gap: inequality, representative participation and implementation sciencehttps://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/addressing-the-attendance-and-benefit-gap Survey data on who visits museums and decades of research in cultural sociology internationally tell us that museum visiting reflects the socio-economic gradient, closely tracking inequalities in education, income, employment, mental health and other indicators of social... 
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                    Leicester biggest climber in national university league tablehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/guardian-30 The University of Leicester has climbed 47 places in The Guardian University guide 2022 (published 11 September) – the largest climb made by any university this year – rising to 30th place. 
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                    Disability History Month 2023https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/11/16/disability-month-2023/ Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 16, 2023 To mark UK Disability History Month , which falls between 16 th November and 16 th December, Archives and Special Collections are showcasing items from our holdings which shed light on these... 
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                    Suggested research topicshttps://le.ac.uk/english/study/research-degrees/application-process/research-topics Take a look at the suggestions for PhD projects that staff in English at the University of Leicester would be interested in supervising. 
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                    BLOG: what’s the wider story behind Leicester’s migration history?https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/migration Fifty years ago Leicester welcomed up to 28,000 South Asian UK passport holders from Uganda.