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Richard Foulkes
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2026/richard-foulkes
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Genetics and genealogy
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics
More about the genealogical detective work involved in identifying King Richard III. Mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome were used, after all these years, for the DNA identification purposes.
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Leicester receives record Turing Scheme funding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/turing
Having secured its largest-ever single grant for overseas mobility in 2023, Leicester has once more successfully bid for Turing funding to support outbound student mobility.
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Highlights for the School of Politics and International Relations research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/politics/ref2021
The School of Politics & International Relations research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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11th for Arts research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/arts/ref2021
The School of Arts research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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Top 25 for Earth Sciences research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/gge/ref2021
We are delighted with our recent performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), in which we placed top 25 in the UK for our overall research quality (GPA) (according to analysis by the Times Higher Education).
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/hopkinson-group/research
Find out more about the research undertaken in the Hopkinson Group by Dr Richard Hopkinson and his team at the University of Leicester.
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May Day: early 19th century traditions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...
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Dr Georgina Manning
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/georgina-manning
Dr Georgina Manning, alumna of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Now at the University of Wolverhampton as Head of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science.
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Conflict in Ukraine: A message from the President and Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/conflict-in-ukraine
Leicester University statement on Russia and Ukraine