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World Digital Preservation Day 2022 blog
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/10/19/world-digital-preservation-day-2022/
Blog post describing the work done at the University of Leicester to increase ability and capacity for permanent preservation of born-digital material (websites, Sharepoint sites, email and word and pdf documents).
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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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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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New world plants in Italy, from observation to assimilation (1500-1850)
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/new-world-plants-in-italy
Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (£112,364) October 2007 - September 2010 Dr David Gentilcore Prior to the research project, there had been little systematic study of the impact that plants from the New World had on early modern and modern Italy.
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Identifying barriers and solutions to under-reporting
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/identifying-barriers-and-solutions-to-under-reporting
Find out more about our research into identifying barriers and solutions to under-reporting, focusing on the under-reporting of hate crime among LGBT victims. This research was conducted by the University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies.
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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.
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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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Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-chickens-to-mark-anthropocene
Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene Chicken|Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining feature of the Anthropocene according to new research by Dr Carys Bennett and...
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Outside and beyond: Girl. Boy. Child: a poignant queer tale for our times
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/girl-boy-child
Museum Studies PhD student Armand De Filippo discusses his research into sensory responses to Medieval manuscripts.
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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