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Call for Peer Reviewers – Museological Review, Issue 27
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/03/19/call-for-peer-reviewers-museological-review-issue-27/
We are now inviting museum studies scholars to engage with us as peer reviewers for Issue 27 of Museological Review.
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Reflections on my Professional Fellowship: Part Two
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/14/reflections-on-my-professional-fellowship-part-two/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 14, 2025 In February 2024, I was awarded a Professional Fellowship from The National Archives and Research Libraries UK Professional Fellowship Scheme, 2024-2025.
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World Digital Preservation Day 2025: Why Preserve?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/11/06/world-digital-preservation-day-2025-why-preserve/
Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 6, 2025 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day 2025 To celebrate World Digital Preservation Day 2025, we are posting about the recent project to identify, take in and preserve material relating to the discovery...
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Royal Society Summer Science festival set to inspire next generation of space scientists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/30/royal-society-summer-science-festival-set-to-inspire-next-generation-of-space-scientists/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 June 2021 Space experts from the University of Leicester will look to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers with a series of live events exploring Mars as part of The Royal Society’s...
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Botanical Illustrations are not only pretty – they remain relevant today
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/05/12/botanical-illustrations-are-not-only-pretty-they-remain-relevant-today/
As the University has announced an exciting programme of Summer events at the Botanic Gardens in Oadby, we explore the art of botanical illustration through our Special Collections.
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University of Leicester Discovering Excellence Staff Awards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/11/01/the-discovering-excellence-awards-finalists/
On Thursday 10 November we have an exciting first for the University; the inaugural Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.
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Links between historic places, colonialism and slavery revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/links-between-historic-places-colonialism-and-slavery-revealed
Connections between 93 historic places and colonialism and historic slavery have been revealed by the National Trust today, for the first time.
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World-first clinical trial to test personalised treatments for aggressive form of lung cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/29-world-first-clinical-personalised-treatment-lung-cancer
The first-ever trial into delivering personalised treatment for mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, opened at the HOPE Clinical Trials Facility at Leicester's Hospitals today (Tuesday 29 January).
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Record funding Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/record-funding-leverhulme-centre-for-humanity-and-space
New Centre aims to increase the understanding of how humans engage with and experience space
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Zoo poo might hold the secrets to new medical treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phages-dudley-zoo-poo
Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, rhinos and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments.