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University mathematicians calculate how Foxes won the English Premier League
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-mathematicians-calculate-how-foxes-won-the-english-premier-league
Mathematicians at the University have generated the perfect formula to describe the historic achievement of Leicester City Football Club who won the English Premier League with 5000-1 odds at the start of the season.
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King’s Birthday Honour recognises researcher’s dedication to saving peatlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kings-birthday-honour-recognises-researchers-dedication-saving-peatlands
A University of Leicester geographer who has dedicated her career to preserving the world’s peatlands has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
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New portable DNA toolkit targets global illegal wildlife trade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/illegal-wildlife-trade-toolkit-dna-test-leicester
Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a portable, rapid DNA test to identify illegal wildlife products on the spot.
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University researcher awarded prize for work with the World Health Organization on protecting ethnic minority groups from future pandemics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/dan-pan
A University of Leicester researcher in infectious diseases has won a prestigious award for research he conducted into health inequalities.
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Redefining the Role of Botanic Gardens - Towards a New Social Purpose
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/redefining-role-of-botanic-gardens
The aim of this project was to examine the social role of botanic gardens in the UK.
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Trio of honorary graduates recognised with Leicester awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands1
Journalist-turned-novelist Robert Harris, who was educated in Leicestershire as a boy, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters on Friday.
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Four nominations for Attenborough Arts in building awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/four-nominations-for-attenborough-arts-in-building-awards
The plaudits continue to come in for the Attenborough Arts Centre’s new gallery wing as the East Midlands Local Authority Building Control has shortlisted it for four Building Excellence Awards 2016.
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The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1
Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed a ‘continual and continuous thread of American history’ will be discussed at an upcoming ‘Remembering Rosa Parks’ event on...
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Report suggests current responses to hate crime in the UK are failing and letting down victims
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/report-suggests-current-responses-to-hate-crime-in-the-uk-are-failing-and-letting-down-victims
Hate crime victims throughout the United Kingdom are being let down by the Government and criminal justice agencies, according to a new report undertaken by Leicester experts in collaboration with Amnesty International UK.
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Upcoming dates for Professorial Inaugural Lecture series announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/upcoming-dates-for-professorial-inaugural-lecture-series-announced
Academics from the University of Leicester will discuss their areas of expertise as part of the Professorial Inaugural Lecture series, with new dates announced for the final months of 2017.