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How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books
The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons. Introducing Medieval Animal Names explores what names medieval people gave to the animals with which they lived and worked.
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Work Opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/work-opportunities
Page describing opportunities for undergraduate chemists to gain paid research experience during their degree studies.
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Country Houses and the British Empire: How Imperialism Transformed Britain’s Colonial Countryside
https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-colonial-countryside/2022
Explore the fascinating histories of Britain’s colonial houses and their links to the British Empire.
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fore(e)dialogue journal
https://le.ac.uk/media/study/research-degrees/journal
for(e)dialogue is a publication project of Media and Communication at Leicester, organised by our PhD students.
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Cat-ching criminals with DNA from pet hairs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/cat-dna
Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.
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Supersonic half-term break in the Department of Engineering for London pupil
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/supersonic-half-term-break-at-the-department-of-engineering-for-london-pupil
An A-Level student from Surrey spent his autumn half-term break at our University for a rewarding week of work experience in the Gas Dynamics Laboratory.
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New project to identify Jack the Rippers last known victim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-to-identify-jack-the-ripper2019s-last-victim
Members of the team who undertook genealogical and demographic research in relation to the discovery of the mortal remains of King Richard III have now been involved in a new project to identify the last known victim of Jack the Ripper – Mary Jane Kelly.
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Leicester graduate named Midlands Entrepreneur of the Year 2015
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-graduate-named-midlands-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2015
A University of Leicester graduate has been named Midlands Entrepreneur of the Year 2015. James MacFarlane, 26, was awarded the highly-esteemed accolade at the recent Midlands Business Awards 2015 held in February after setting up a number of new business ventures.
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Early-Career Researchers: your views are needed
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/30/early-career-researchers-your-views-are-needed/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2015 The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) want to find out more about the issues facing early-career social scientists.