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Classics from my Childhood, a Literary Leicester Event
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2026/05/01/classics-from-my-childhood-a-literary-leicester-event/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on May 1, 2026 Guest post written by Alyssa Walker (BA Ancient History and History), as part of a student placement hosted by Archives & Special Collections for the 2nd year History module, ‘Working with History: The...
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Inclusivity in sport award nomination for our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/inclusivity-in-sport-award-nomination-for-our-university
Our University has been nominated for a national award for its efforts to make sport more inclusive for all. The University’s Sport & Active Life Service is shortlisted in the British University & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Awards.
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Colombias worldleading approach to higher education and research affords opportunities for UK academics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/colombias-world-leading-approach-to-higher-education-and-research-affords-opportunities-for-uk-academics
Professor Paul van Gardingen (pictured), Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International and Development Research at our University, was part of a delegation of academics working at institutions across the UK recently sent to Colombia to build research links in the Latin...
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New Vice-Chancellor named
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/20-new-vice-chancellor-named
Professor Nishan Canagarajah Image of Professor Nishan Canagarajah|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nishan Canagarajah as its next President and Vice-Chancellor with effect from Monday 4 November 2019.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/129/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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University of Leicester creates five-week Black History Month celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/bhm-round-up
The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.
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Preserving the grave
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/preserving-the-grave
One problem faced by the team was, how best to preserve the grave for posterity. Under normal circumstances, the best protection is to carefully cover the archaeology with a protective membrane and rebury it.
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School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 14
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/14/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Chronic kidney disease associated with atypically low levels of physical activity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/10-kidney-research
A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University – has highlighted chronic levels of physical...