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Victoria Szafara
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/author/victoria_szafara/
Research Assistant for the Arch-I-Scan project, University of Leicester; Postgraduate research student in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
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Archaeological placement
https://le.ac.uk/ulas/about/work-placements/placement
ULAS offers a 3 to 6 month commercial fieldwork placement, intended for those who are interested in gaining knowledge surrounding all aspects of practical training in field archaeology.
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Space students to convene at University of Leicester for national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/space-student-conference
UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space to hold the National Student Space Conference on 1-2 March, hosted by University of Leicester’s Astronomy and Rocketry Society
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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 to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/salt-in-my-soul
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory was a gifted storyteller who created poetry out of prosaic experiences.
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Treasure trove of planets hiding in dust
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/10-treasure-trove-of-planets-hiding-in-dust
Treasure trove of planets hiding in dust Stars|New research discovers 'super-Earths' forming around young stars New research by a team of international astronomers, including a University of Leicester researcher, has found that ‘super-Earths’ and Neptune-sized...
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Where is the riskiest place to live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/where-is-the-riskiest-place-to-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 Download the latest world ranking from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security. It considers risk from extreme natural events and ranks 117 nations.
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Virtual Vauxhall Gardens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/vvg/2019/04/02/virtual-vauxhall-gardens/
Posted by in Virtual Vauxhall Gardens on April 2, 2019 Introduction Virtual Vauxhall Gardens is a multidisciplinary project to create a multi-sensory, user-controlled, VR reconstruction of the experience of Vauxhall Gardens in 1752.
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The Carceral Archipelago conference – an early career perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/09/28/the-carceral-archipelago-conference-an-early-career-perspective/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 28, 2015 By Jennie Jeppesen.
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Preserving the grave
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/preserving-the-grave
One problem faced by the team was, how best to preserve the grave for posterity. Under normal circumstances, the best protection is to carefully cover the archaeology with a protective membrane and rebury it.