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Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/kylinxia-fossil-scanning
Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct ‘fossil monster’ that lived half a billion years ago, filling a gap in our understanding of the evolution of arthropods such as insects...
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Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot
George Eliot George Eliot illustration|The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist George Eliot.
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Their Past Your Future 2
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/their-past-your-future-2
TPYF2 aimed to encourage the sector to use their collections to increase young people’s knowledge and understanding of the impact of war.
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Student placement in Special Collections, Week 1-2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/07/31/student-placement-in-special-collections-week-1-2/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on July 31, 2025 Guest post written by Yi-Chen Su and Yongqin Huang, who are completing an eight week placement in Archives & Special Collections as part of their MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies .
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On the staff: the rocking chair years University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/on-the-staff-the-rocking-chair-years/
Posted by Gordon Campbell in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 In most professions, retirement means stopping work, taking a long holiday, and turning to charitable and leisure pursuits, or possibly to drink.
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University’s heritage and archaeological teams to appear at Leicester’s Roman festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-old-town-festival-roman
Students and staff from the University of Leicester will be behind a range of activities planned for Leicester’s Old Town Festival: Roman Edition.
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Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting
A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...
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Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7016
Module code: MU7016 This module looks inside the museum (and related institutions) to consider objects and collections, and how they are made, cared for and re-made within professional practice.
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Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7016
Module code: MU7016 This module looks inside the museum (and related institutions) to consider objects and collections, and how they are made, cared for and re-made within professional practice.
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Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7016
Module code: MU7016 This module looks inside the museum (and related institutions) to consider objects and collections, and how they are made, cared for and re-made within professional practice.