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How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books
The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons. Introducing Medieval Animal Names explores what names medieval people gave to the animals with which they lived and worked.
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Work Opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/work-opportunities
Page describing opportunities for undergraduate chemists to gain paid research experience during their degree studies.
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Teaching resources cast new light on The Great Fire of London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/fire-of-london
The University of Leicester and the Museum of London have today launched new learning resources for primary schools about the Great Fire of London and seventeenth-century history.
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Cat-ching criminals with DNA from pet hairs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/cat-dna
Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.
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Dont try this at home How to make fireworks 17thcentury style
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/dont-try-this-at-home-how-to-make-fireworks-17th-century-style
With Guy Fawkes night (5 November) and Diwali (11 November) on the horizon, the skies of Leicester will be lit up over the next few weeks by firework displays - and a rare book held within the University's Library sheds light on how 17th century fireworks were made.
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Unravelling the Minion genome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/unravelling-the-2018minion2019-genome
Based on what we know of the minions from the popular Despicable Me films – and the Minions movie current playing at cinemas – they could, in theory, have a complex genetic make-up similar to humans, according to Natural Sciences students Krisho Manoharan and Ruth Sang Jones.
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Leicester graduate named Midlands Entrepreneur of the Year 2015
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-graduate-named-midlands-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2015
A University of Leicester graduate has been named Midlands Entrepreneur of the Year 2015. James MacFarlane, 26, was awarded the highly-esteemed accolade at the recent Midlands Business Awards 2015 held in February after setting up a number of new business ventures.
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Out of this world art needed for iconic space hub’s new mission patch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/mission-patch
Space Park Leicester invites inviting children, young people or adults with a love of space to help design their new mission patch.
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Entomology fieldtrip turns into a once in a lifetime opportunity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/cicadas
A University of Leicester researcher has witnessed a once in a lifetime experience on a trip to the United States.
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Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling
“In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.