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• Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting

  A brand new interview with Sir Alec Jeffreys IW2oSGB-MaE|At 9.05am on Monday 10 September 1984, a discovery in a laboratory at the University of Leicester changed the way criminal investigations were carried out.

• Leicester academic secures grant to research technological advancements in UK energy system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-academic-secures-grant-to-research-technological-advancements-in-uk-energy-system

  A researcher at the University has secured a grant worth £459,000 for a project which will explore the vast potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

• University building to be named after first female professor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/university-building-to-be-named-after-first-female-professor

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has announced that a building at the University is to be named after its first female professor.

• University pals rally together to raise funds for cancer treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/university-pals-rally-together-to-raise-funds-for-cancer-treatment

  Friends and well-wishers from the University of Leicester are rallying together to support a graduate of the university in need of urgent treatment for cancer.

• Nick Standen

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/nick-standen

  Noel Davies and Ian Forsythe write: Nick Standen, Professor of Physiology at the University of Leicester, died after a long illness on 2 April 2020 (born 8 December 1949).

• UK National Police Air Service safer thanks to the work of University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-uk-national-police-air-service-npas-flight-deck-safety

  Dr Andrew Bennett standing next to a helicopter|Dr Simon Bennett researches flight-deck human factors to improve safety The National Police Air Service (NPAS), created in 2012, provides tactical air support to the 43 police forces of England and Wales from a network of 14 bases.

• Two University of Leicester projects shortlisted for Museum and Heritage Awards 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/museum-heritage-awards

  Two projects from University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies have been shortlisted for the prestigious Museum and Heritage Awards.

• East Midlands programme to support 30 doctoral researchers tackle climate change and mental health through storytelling

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/climate-mental-health-storytelling-phd-east-midlands

  A new doctoral training centre utilising the power of storytelling to tackle the climate crisis and mental health will be launched in the East Midlands.

• WoolfNotes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/08/16/woolfnotes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2024 WoolfNotes   is a major digital humanities project led by King’s College London.

• The Scottish Suffragette Cities Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/the-scottish-suffragette-cities-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 New website from Robert Gordon University  which aims to map the struggle for the women’s vote in Scotland.