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Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fossils-plankton
Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years. Resembling modern-day algae, they provide insight into early life in our oceans.
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Archiving Richard III
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/04/23/archiving-richard-iii/
Posted by rmaguire in Library and Learning Services on April 23, 2025 King Richard III by Unknown artist oil on panel, late 16th century © National Portrait Gallery, London In November 2023 I began a two-year project to bring together the digital records generated by the...
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Egyptian protests digital archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/egyptian-protests-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Recently, Mosireen launched its Internet “resistance archive,” 858 The collection includes footage shot during the revolution by both members and non-members from 18 days in...
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UK Election
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/uk-election/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 Fantasy Front bench Who would be your fantasy front bench for the UK government? This fun tool has been created with the support of mySociety and Joseph Rowntree Trust using data from...
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The Independent Commission on Fees Report 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/the-independent-commission-on-fees-report-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 http://www.independentcommissionfees.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ICoF-Report-Aug-2014.
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Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified
A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest killer – Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
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Archaeology and Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3606
Module code: AR3606 ‘Heritage’ is a very powerful idea, and we will begin this module by thinking about what heritage actually is and what it means in the contemporary world.
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Economics of Education
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ec3044
Module code: EC3044 Most countries around the world require their citizen to achieve a certain level of education, however the quality and availability varies widely and is very much dependent on economic, societal and cultural factors.
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Archaeology and Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3606
Module code: AR3606 ‘Heritage’ is a very powerful idea, and we will begin this module by thinking about what heritage actually is and what it means in the contemporary world.
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Lending books and journals to other libraries
https://le.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/lending-to-libraries
Libraries in the UK and from around the world may request articles, chapters and books from our collection through a variety of inter library loan and document supply channels.