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• Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry

  Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.

• Remembering Exile and Transportation: some thoughts from Cape Town

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/02/remembering-exile-and-transportation-some-thoughts-from-cape-town/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 2, 2014   Before I began T he Carceral Archipelago project , my research was loosely centred on the history of Indian Ocean penal settlements and colonies, from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.

• Revisit historic discoveries as University of Leicester Archaeological Services celebrates thirty years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/university-leicester-archaeological-services-celebrates-thirty-years

  University of Leicester’s archaeological unit was established in July 1995, and staff will be hosting talks on discoveries from throughout its history as part of the Festival of Archaeology

• Andrew Dunn: Page 102

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/102/

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• Women in the World of Work

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/03/08/women-in-the-world-of-work/

  Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on March 8, 2017 Over the last few centuries women’s place in the world has changed significantly, and with International Women’s Day today it is great to see how the position of women, especially in the world of work, has...

• Andrew Dunn: Page 159

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/159/

  Academic Librarian.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/160/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• How much do you know about the founders and early benefactors of our University? by Caroline Wessel

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/11/01/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-founders-and-early-benefactors-of-our-university-by-caroline-wessel/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on November 1, 2019 To celebrate our Centenary Years, Special Collections would like to share with you new research, which not only paints a picture of the how we were founded, but also the way of life and the connection of...

• Multi-million pound study aims to unravel key mystery in genome regulation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/panne

  Academics from the University of Leicester are leading a pioneering study to investigate how three-dimensional organisation of our genomes contributes to the regulation of genome function

• Researchers publish results of largest ever study on postnatal depression in British South Asian mothers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/postnatal-depression

  An extensive trial , supported by the University of Leicester, into postnatal depression in South Asian women has found that tailored support can make a difference to their recovery