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• Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today

  Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...

• Students awaken the science of Star Wars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars

  Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...

• Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

  Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.

• Lady in Lead Coffin revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/lady-in-lead-coffin-revealed

  A mysterious lead coffin found close to the site of Richard III's hastily dug grave at the Grey Friars friary has been opened and studied by experts from the University of Leicester’s Archaeological Services (ULAS).

• Leicester to be part of regional hub for postgraduate training

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-to-be-part-of-regional-hub-for-postgraduate-training

  Our University is working with a consortium of Midlands universities to open up a range of new opportunities for postgraduate study in the region.

• Culture on the Fringe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/culture-on-the-fringe

  An upcoming event organised and hosted by Leicester’s CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies will be exploring the concept of ‘fringe’ culture- how it might be defined, what separates it from the ‘mainstream’, and the opportunities that fringe festivals can...

• Angus Siu-cheong Li

  https://le.ac.uk/people/angus-siu-cheong-li

  The academic profile of Angus Siu-cheong Li, PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Leicester

• Schoolchildren from Leicester to send messages of hope to refugee camp

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/14-refugee-camp

  Appeal for more schools to become ‘Schools of Sanctuary’. Children from a Leicester school are to send messages of hope to a refugee camp in Greece.

• Sab Bhaumik

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/sab-bhaumik

  Professor Sabyasachi Bhaumik passed away on Saturday 9 November 2019 following a major heart attack.

• Expert opinions cover Airbnb and Rio the Turkish coup Jupiters Great Red Spot the refugee crisis and consumer justice

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-airbnb-and-rio-the-turkish-coup-and-jupiters-great-red-spot

  Henrik Melin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.