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New project to identify Jack the Rippers last known victim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-to-identify-jack-the-ripper2019s-last-victim
Members of the team who undertook genealogical and demographic research in relation to the discovery of the mortal remains of King Richard III have now been involved in a new project to identify the last known victim of Jack the Ripper – Mary Jane Kelly.
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New publication uncovers hidden histories of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/new-publication-uncovers-hidden-histories-of-leicester
Hidden histories of Leicester and Leicestershire have been published in a journal providing fascinating insights into our local past – including the role played by Mary Attenborough, mother of Richard, David and John Attenborough, in housing refugee Basque children escaping...
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Older dissertations
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/older-dissertations
2010 BOWEN, J. A landscape of improvement: the impact of James Loch, chief agent to the Marquis of Stafford on the Lilleshall estate, Shropshire, 1720-1820. DAVIDSON, E. The evolution and secularisation of the funeral in Leicester and Leicestershire, 1830-2010.
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New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer
Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments
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News and New Normals – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/03/22/news-and-new-normals/
This blog post celebrates recent paper presentations and discusses what it has been like for the team to continue scanning during the third national lockdown in England.
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Potential new worlds rescued by citizens of Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/planet-hunters
Team of astronomers at University of Leicester are following up on potential planet discoveries by citizen scientists
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New Databases on Economic Liberty and Human Development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/new-databases-on-economic-liberty-and-human-development/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 Prof.
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ILO launches new Labour Statistics portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/15/ilo-launches-new-labour-statistics-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2019 A new website from the International Labour Organisation enables researchers to quickly access up-to-date international statistics on all aspects of labour, employment and the labour...
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Blog: New Political Order? The strange demise of red and blue
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/new-political-order-strange-demise-labour-conservatives-blog
In this expert blog, Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, explains what’s happened to the Tories and Labour.
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New online resource for local historians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/new-online-resource-for-local-historians
A new website makes available all the PhD theses completed by students at the Centre for English Local History. The collection comprises 100 theses covering subjects from medieval moats to hunting in Northamptonshire.