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Collections development strategy (Archives and Special Collections)
https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/special-collections-strategy
Introduction The University Library’s Archives and Special Collections contains archives, manuscripts and rare books owned by or loaned to the University of Leicester.
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From the genetic origins of disease to the complexity of the classroom
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/from-the-genetic-origins-of-disease-to-the-complexity-of-the-classroom
At the final professorial inaugural lectures for this academic year, experts from across the University will be delving into topics ranging from the genetics of the human body to present day human-technology interaction.
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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies
One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.
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Project connecting digitally catalogued collections in UK museums receives three years’ funding worth £800,000
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/digitally-catalogued-collections-uk-museums-funding
Joint venture between the University of Leicester, Art UK and Collections Trust supported by Arts and Humanities Research Council aims to ultimately collect data for 100 million object records
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Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons
The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.
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Blog 1: Advertising files: Guest post by Jenni Hunt
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/03/09/guest-post-by-jenni-hunt-advertising-files/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on March 9, 2021 The University Archives The University Archives at the University of Leicester are, perhaps unsurprisingly, boxes and boxes of files relating to the history of the University of Leicester.
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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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Centre for Critical and Creative Geographies
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/critical-creative-geographies
Our research in the Centre for Critical and Creative Geographies employs creative methods to recognise people's affective engagements with space, place and environments, and how these connect to political governance and contestations.
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Urban Conservation MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-conservation-ma/2026
This is for you if... you want to increase your historical knowledge of cities, conservation and heritage and apply your learning in a practical setting.