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  • Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.

  • Free online course to tackle ethically unsound research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/free-online-course-to-tackle-ethically-unsound-research

    A free online course offered by our University and aimed at aspiring academics hopes to help tackle issues surrounding ethically unsound research.

  • DNA and family history explored in public lecture

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/dna-and-family-history-explored-in-public-lecture

    The Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society will host a lecture on the relationship between surnames and the paternally-inherited Y chromosome from Professor Mark Jobling on Monday 6 March.

  • Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang

    A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.

  • Clearing trip to see the University of Leicester changed Tom’s direction of study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/clearing-tom

    When Tom Walters missed out on his first-choice university place, the next step should have seen him accept his reserve choice – until a visit to the University of Leicester during Clearing changed everything.

  • Myths and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry, 8 May 2018

    https://le.ac.uk/medieval/events/archive/public-lectures/bayeux-tapestry

    Myths and Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry was a lecture by Dr Michael Lewis (FSA MCIfA), Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum, London, and an acknowledged expert on the Tapestry.

  • Geology researchers participate in Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society events

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/geology-professors-participate-in-leicester-literary-and-philosophical-society-events

    Founded in 1835, The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society predates the University by over a century, yet it was an integral catalyst in the formation of the University of Leicester and much of our histories are entwined.

  • Partnerships

    https://le.ac.uk/dickens-code/about/partnerships

    Find out more about our partners for 'The Dickens Code.' Including: the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Charles Dickens Museum and the Free Library of Philadelphia.

  • Winners of Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 announced

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/winners-of-festival-of-postgraduate-research-2015-announced

    The winners of the Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 have been announced. During the Festival our University gets to showcase the best of its research student talent and this year the standard of entries was very high.

  • Outreach

    https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/outreach

    Through our outreach programmes, we promote our world-class research in archaeology and ancient history for the benefit of a wide audience.

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