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Using Leicesters landmarks to get children counting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/using-leicester2019s-landmarks-to-get-children-counting
A new book by the School of Education is bringing maths to life for young children across Leicester by using images of familiar locations around the city to help them find numbers and practise counting.
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70th Anniversary of the United Nations (next year)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/70th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations-next-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 A new online exhibition is being created by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library which celebrates 70 key documents in the history of the UN.
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The Ripple: An Archival Retrospective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/08/the-ripple-an-archival-retrospective/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 8, 2025 Guest post written by Carter Buckingham who has been volunteering in Special Collections since August 2024.
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ChancellorElect in visit to University and city report now online
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/chancellor-elect-in-visit-to-university-and-city
Lord Willetts, Chancellor-Elect of the University visited the campus on 15 February to celebrate the official launch of his new book, A University Education.
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Completed PhD research
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/research-degrees/completed-phd
PhD students make a major contribution to the research profile of the University of Leicester. Browse a list of completed PhDs in Museum Studies.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 3-4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/08/07/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-3-4/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 7, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu.
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New carbon-monitoring satellite will shed light on photosynthesis thanks to Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/microcarb-carbon-monitoring-satellite-photosynthesis
An algorithm designed by scientists at the University of Leicester and National Centre for Earth Observation, based at Space Park Leicester, will allow the MicroCarb mission to observe solar induced fluorescence (SIF) – a by-product and indicator of plant photosynthesis
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A Solution to the ‘Perfect Murder’? University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/11/05/julia-wallace/
Posted by Victoria Stewart in School of English Blog on November 5, 2013 A Solution to the ‘Perfect Murder’? P. D. James and the Case of Julia Wallace At the end of last month, The Sunday Times proclaimed that the crime novelist P. D.
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Material researchers awarded £18.3 million to create technical ceramics of the future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/advanced-ceramics
Advanced materials specialists at the University of Leicester have been awarded part of an £18.3 million grant to enhance technical ceramics of the future through innovative computer modelling techniques.
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Archaeology and Ancient History
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology
Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester is home to a world-class, international team of scholars engaged in cutting-edge research and teaching.