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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...
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Major investment to establish an innovative research-community driven infrastructure for molecular biology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/digital-research
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains a vital need for further research into preventing disease with the development of new drugs and technologies, so that people live longer and healthier lives
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Insights into safe drinking water to be presented by experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/insights-safe-drinking-water-workshop
Workshop will bring together experts from H2OforAll project with water treatment professionals, supported by University of Leicester team who are evaluating technologies to remove disinfection by-products from drinking water
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New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum
Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years
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Leicester cosmic explosion expert among exceptional scientists elected as Royal Society Fellows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/cosmic-explosion-scientist-elected-royal-society-fellow
University of Leicester’s Professor Nial Tanvir receives one of science’s highest honours, recognising a career spent studying the Universe’s brightest and most violent explosions
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University of Leicester appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-head-college-science-engineering
The University is delighted to confirm the appointment of Professor Dirk Schaefer as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College for Science and Engineering from 1 August 2025.
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University of Leicester outlines next steps in Strategic Review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/university-leicester-next-steps-strategic-review
The University of Leicester has launched a formal consultation on proposals aimed at strengthening its financial sustainability and future success.
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Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere
University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the proposal of the Anthropocene epoch which reflects human impact on the biosphere
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UROKODIA! 518-million-year-old fossil shows beginning of spider’s bite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/urokodia-518-million-year-old-fossil-spider-bite
Scientists at University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an ancient member of the Chelicerate family and X-ray analysis revealed pincer-like limbs that are the beginnings of what would become spiders’ fangs
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Foxes and University of Leicester offer £5,000 study scholarships to those in county’s most deprived areas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/foxes-university-leicester-scholarships-deprived-areas
The University of Leicester and Leicester City Football Club are offering £5,000 scholarships to encourage school and college leavers in the region’s most deprived areas to pursue higher education.