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Prejudice and Pride: Research collaboration generates national debate
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/prejudice-and-pride
Research conducted by RCMG and the National Trust into LGBTQ history and National Trust properties has sparked national debate. Read more.
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Being Disturbingly Informative. By Shane McCorristine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/31/disturbingly-informative/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 31, 2016 Last year I visited a fine old building nestled incongruously close to the skyscrapers and busy financial offices of Market Street in downtown Philadelphia.
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Feelings and mental health explored in first interdisciplinary PhD studentship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/feelings-and-mental-health-explored-in-first-interdisciplinary-phd-studentship
New research that will investigate the possible role of feelings in the mental health difficulties associated with psychotic-spectrum diagnoses such as schizophrenia will be made possible by the first interdisciplinary PhD studentship to be fully funded by the University.
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Imperial War Museum North (IWMN)
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/imperial-war-museum-north
The project was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum North as part of a process of exploring the future re-development of the Museum.
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Hotspots and minisatellites
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/hotspots-and-minisatellites
Instrumental to Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' refining of the genetic fingerprinting technique were hotspots of activity and minisatellites.
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Genetics and genealogy
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics
More about the genealogical detective work involved in identifying King Richard III. Mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome were used, after all these years, for the DNA identification purposes.
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Minimal surfaces - artists' views
https://le.ac.uk/miv/minimal-surfaces-artists-views
The minimal surfaces artists views was a project in which mathematicians and artists collaborated to show how research can be communicated to a wider audience.
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D-Day memories are unearthed for 80th anniversary of the Landings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/d-day
East Midlanders’ D-Day memories have been unearthed by the University of Leicester to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
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Law in Children's Lives
https://le.ac.uk/law/research/previous-research-projects/law-in-childrens-lives
A project that explores how far children see the law as an empowering force in their everyday lives.
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Sabrina Tirvengadum explores their Mauritian heritage in new exhibition at Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/sabrina-tirvengadum
Tirvengadum delves into her connection to the Marrier d’Unienville family, wealthy plantation owners in Mauritius.