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Botanic Garden Festival
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-festival
The Botanic Garden will be alive with music, workshops, talks, arts and crafts, children’s activities, entertainment, food stalls and more this August.
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25 years ago Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys solved the mystery of what happened to notorious Nazi war criminal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/25-years-ago-professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-solved-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-notorious-nazi-war-criminal
25 years ago yesterday (18 November, 1990), the Leicester Mercury ran an article about genetic fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, covering his sensational breakthrough to help identify the Auschwitz 'Angel of Death'.
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David Watkin
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/david-watkin
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Mr David Watkin, who was instrumental in the founding of Leicester Medical School. The following obituary, by David's daughter Sally Watkin, originally appeared in the BMJ.
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A Leap Forward in the Race to Find Extreme Events Quickly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/12/06/a-leap-forward-in-the-race-to-find-extreme-events-quickly/
Extreme events in space will be identified faster than ever before thanks to a new tool developed by experts at the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy, write Dr. Phil Evans.
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Marie Muir
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/careerdevelopmentservice/author/mm693/
Project Manager - Communications and Events. Experienced in Student Recruitment, Recruitment, Employability and Widening Participation.
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Career Development Service: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/careerdevelopmentservice/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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This is England, or did I inadvertently predict Brexit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/03/03/this-is-england-or-did-i-inadvertently-predict-brexit/
Posted by Richard Courtney in School of Business Blog on March 3, 2017 Richard Courtney reflects on the decade since his PhD, and in the light of Brexit and Trump, asks whether the social sciences have forgotten the white English working class.
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1st February 2018 Sol 1952 Vera Rubin Ridge and Scotland on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/02/01/1st-february-2018-sol-1952-vera-rubin-ridge-and-scotland-on-mars/
Mars Science Laboratory
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Power at Work
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn3111
Module code: MN3111 Many cliches come to mind when we think of power: "Power corrupts", "knowledge is power", "with great power, comes great responsibility".
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Introductory Forensic Science 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch1208
Module code: CH1208 Over 6 million crimes took place in the UK in the year up to June 2018 (excluding fraud and cyber-crime). The diversity, complexity and nature of these crimes present huge technical and societal challenges.