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What did we ‘discover’ at our conference on 29 June
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/07/07/what-did-we-discover-at-conference-on-29-june/
Posted by Frances Deepwell in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on July 7, 2016 Chairing a successful conference on learning and teaching in my first six months at the University, while I’m still becoming familiar with custom and practice...
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One year on Richard III reinterment
https://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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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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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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Messium graduates from ESA-BIC programme, pioneering hyperspectral innovation in agriculture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/messium-esa-bic-programme-hyperspectral-innovation-agriculture
Company using cutting-edge hyperspectral satellite technology in agriculture has been part of prestigious business support programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park
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Birth of Giants, University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/20/the-birth-of-giants/
Juno's exploration of the interior of Jupiter via gravitational mapping.
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Conversations With… Dr Tom Stallard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/20/conversations-with-dr-tom-stallard/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 November 2020 Dr Tom Stallard is the Post-graduate Tutor in the School of Physics and Astronomy as well as being an Associate Professor of Planetary Astronomy.
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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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Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows
Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.
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Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/eye-genetic-study-foveal-leicester
Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time