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Leicester academic stars in Victor Frankenstein movie
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-academic-stars-in-victor-frankenstein-movie
A Teaching Fellow in our School of Management features in Victor Frankenstein starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy as a dancer and assistant choreographer which is currently showing at UK cinemas.
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Medical student produces clinical anatomy app
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/medical-student-produces-clinical-anatomy-app
A medical student, working with a local app design agency, has produced an iOS application to teach clinical anatomy to fellow students, junior doctors and healthcare professionals.
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Leicester artist begins new project inspired by Universitys animal bones archive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-artist-begins-new-project-inspired-by-universitys-animal-bones-archive
Artist Jo Dacombe is immersing herself within the Bone Laboratory in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History to understand how archaeologists generate stories about past human and animal relationships from the fragments of bones that are recovered through excavation.
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Leading human rights activist to speak on civil liberty and democratic freedom
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/leading-human-rights-activist-to-speak-on-civil-liberty-and-democratic-freedom
Leading human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti CBE will be discussing civil liberty, the importance of democratic freedom and how to prevent future acts of terrorism at a free public lecture in the Peter Williams Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 11 February 2015...
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A chance to meet artist Chila Kumari Burman
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/a-chance-to-meet-artist-chila-kumari-burman
This Friday, Embrace Arts will host London-based artist Chila Kumari Burman for a talk to mark the 130th anniversary of the Leicester Society of Artists and to accompany an exhibition of her recent works at the University’s arts centre.
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Office health to be boosted by stand up campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/office-health-to-be-boosted-by-stand-up-campaign
Office workers at Leicester’s three hospitals are being encouraged to stand up more on the job as part of a new health drive.
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Screaming jelly babies and cannon fire at Salters Festival of Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/screaming-jelly-babies-and-cannon-fire-at-salters2019-festival-of-chemistry
60 students from 15 schools in the East Midlands will enjoy an exciting day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry to be held at the University on Thursday 23 April. Each school will be represented by a team of four 11-13 year olds.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-april
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an opinion piece for The Conversation about a sexology conference she visited hosted by the Wellcome Trust - and her mixed reaction to what was exhibited.
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Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award
Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence in research.
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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers
A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...