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Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet
The new Home Planet gallery features an interactive projection floor with ice, water, and sea creatures that respond to visitor movements, while an art installation by local artist Michelle Reader based on the ‘Great Wave off Kanagawa’ but made entirely from recycled...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/108/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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The Cultural Value of Engaging with Museums and Galleries
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engaging-with-museums-2
This event explored the findings of RCMG’s research on the cultural value of museums and galleries.
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Eleanor Bloomfield
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/eleanor_van-kroonenburg/
Lest We Forget: Remembering George Eades Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 28, 2025 1 On 11th November 2025 Archives and Special Collections hosted a visit from Steve and Sheron Wilkinson.
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Science at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/juno/science-at-jupiter
Find out more about the science at Jupiter at the University of Leicester.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 1-2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/07/23/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-1-2/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 23, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team.
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Happy International Archives Day 2018!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/happy-international-archives-day-2018/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2018 The University records manager, David Jenkins, and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) thought we’d take the opportunity to flag up IAD18 and explain a bit about what we do all day! On the 9th of...
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Researchers make sand that flows uphill
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers
Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with counterintuitive results
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Colin Hyde: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/colin_hyde/page/3/
Colin Hyde manages the East Midlands Oral History Archive, based in Special Collections.
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Hidden histories revealed at Bradgate Park
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/hidden-histories-revealed-at-bradgate-park
In just the first two weeks of a five-year archaeological project at Bradgate Park, a team of students and staff from the University have unearthed thousands of years of history.