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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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Dr Paul Ian Campbell wins BERA Educational Research Book of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/dr-paul-ian-campbell-bera-book-of-the-year
Dr Paul Ian Campbell's book, Race and Assessment in Higher Education, has won the British Educational Research Association (BERA)'s Educational Research Book of the Year.
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Moon may have influenced Stonehenge builders says English Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/moon-stonehenge
Lunar standstill in 2024 offers rare opportunity to investigate. English Heritage teams up with leading astronomical experts in UK, including the University of Leicester, and USA
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Congrats to new STFC Rutherford Fellow – Dr. Sánchez-Cano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/26/congrats-to-new-stfc-rutherford-fellow-dr-sanchez-cano/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 April 2021 The School is celebrating the announcement that Dr. Beatriz Sanchez-Cano has been awarded a prestigious STFC Ernest Rutherford fellowship for her pioneering research in planetary science.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Loot
https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton/plays/loot
Learn more about the ways in which we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Loot by Joe Orton, for the Joe Orton: 50 Years On project.
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Fellowship for University of Leicester scientist to support smart data for urban analytics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/fellowship-scientist-smart-data-urban-analytics
Dr Stef De Sabbata has received one of 15 new Fellowships from Smart Data Research UK worth £200,000 to support integrating smart data on population, health, housing, mobility into ‘digital fingerprints’
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Psychology MSc, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/psychology-msc-dl/2026
This is for you if... you are looking for a BPS-accredited conversion course that will support you in pursuing a career as a professional psychologist.
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Growth Accelerator case studies
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/growth-accelerator-for-social-entrepreneurs/growth-accelerator-case-studies
Our case studies demonstrate the positive impact of the Growth Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs programme and highlight strong common themes: Our entrepreneurs have developed a clearer vision or plan for the future of their enterprise, through their 1:1 consultancy...
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About GCRF at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/research/gcrf/about
From tackling COVID-19 and its effects on communities around the world, to fighting tuberculosis in South Africa, to using forensic DNA to bring justice for sexual abuse victims in Kenya, or improving child mental health in Turkey, we are...