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Funny bones macabre humour in the Dance of Death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/funny-bones-macabre-humour-in-the-2018dance-of-death2019
The haunting tale of a married couple who tragically lost nine of their ten children in infancy and later died in a state of Dickensian poverty sounds like a fitting story for Halloween - but for many people in the 19th century this exposure to death was commonplace and...
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Back to the Future Why it should never be remade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/back-to-the-future-why-it-should-never-be-remade
To film aficionados, today is a very special day - 21 October 2015 is famous amongst Back to the Future fans as it is the day to which Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, travels when he is sent to the future in Back to the Future II.
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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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University marks 20th anniversary of founding of University of Leicester Archaeological Services
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-marks-20th-anniversary-of-founding-of-university-of-leicester-archaeological-services
1st July sees the 20th anniversary for the founding of ULAS (University of Leicester Archaeological Services).
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Researchers develop new genetic tool to identify people at risk of coronary heart disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/researchers-develop-new-genetic-tool-to-identify-people-at-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease
A new genetic risk score that could help to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) much earlier and potentially improve its prevention has been developed by a team including a University of Leicester Professor in research part-funded by the British Heart...
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Untold stories of the Holocaust South Russias largest city to be explored at exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/untold-stories-of-the-holocaust-south-russias-largest-city-to-be-explored-at-exhibition
A new exhibition organised by the University of Leicester will shed light on the untold wartime events in occupied Russia’s largest Holocaust site, Rostov-on-Don – including the discovery of a previously unknown Nazi prisoner of war camp.
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Leicester films win prestigious Learning on Screen Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-films-win-prestigious-learning-on-screen-awards
Two films produced by our University have been awarded prestigious Learning on Screen Awards by the British Universities Film & Video Council.
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Disparity in cultural sector funding deprives regional museums libraries and heritage sites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/disparity-in-cultural-sector-funding-deprives-regional-museums-libraries-and-heritage-sites
An academic from the School of Museum Studies has suggested that disparities in funding for the cultural sector at a regional level results in cultural institutions and programmes in many areas of the UK being deprived of vital resources.
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University sponsors Business Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university-sponsors-business-awards
The University of Leicester is pleased and honoured to be the headline sponsor of the Leicester Mercury Business Executives of the Year Awards 2016.
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University of Leicester writer, Dr Jonathan Taylor wins Arnold Bennett Book Prize for Scablands and Other Stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/jonathan-taylor-scablands-arnold-bennett
A collection of short stories written by the University of Leicester’s Dr Jonathan Taylor has won the Arnold Bennet Book Prize.