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Project to help child historians to explore English country houses colonial connections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/projec-to-help-child-historians-to-explore-english-country-houses2019-colonial-connections
A new initiative by our Centre for New Writing will mobilise child historians to develop new audiences for cutting-edge research about British country houses’ Caribbean and East India connections.
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Criminology BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/criminology-bsc/2026
Leicester is 6th in the UK for teaching Criminology (The Guardian University Guide 2025). Our experts will lead you through a comprehensive study of crime and justice. View our degree entry requirements.
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Structural biology
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/structural-biology
Work in the College of Life Sciences on the structure of proteins is providing insight on a wide range of fundamental processes such as cell motility, drug metabolism, gene activation and tuberculosis virulence.
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Locating the choir within the church
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/locating-the-choir
A small area above the human remains in Trench 1 was carefully widened with a digger to give archaeologists better access to the burial. Jo Appleby and Turi King began to carefully remove the grave soil by hand. Work was slow, to avoid damage to the skeleton.
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University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0
Professor Susan Page, from the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, shared leading research into using peatland environments to capture carbon as one form of nature-based solution.
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Pioneering police detective David Baker awarded Honorary Degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/david-baker
The lead detective on the first criminal case to be solved using DNA fingerprinting has been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Leicester at a ceremony today (Wednesday 19 January).
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Kirtthi finds her perfect path thanks to Clearing at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/kirtthi-medicine-clearing-university-leicester
Kirtthi always dreamed of studying at the University of Leicester but when results day didn't go how she expected, she thought that her dream would not come through.
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Beatrix Potter – 150th Anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/28/beatrix-potter-150th-anniversary/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 28, 2016 Iconic fictional characters of childhood can be attributed to the creativity of Beatrix Potter, author and illustrator of the late 19 th – early 20 th century.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 years
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/05/cuban-missile-crisis-50-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2012 To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/gallery.
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Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.