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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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Muslim integration and refugee experiences to be discussed by leading historians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/muslim-integration-and-refugee-experiences-to-be-discussed-by-leading-historians
The experiences of refugees and migrants in twentieth century Britain and Europe, and the challenges still faced by governments and individuals today, will be the focus of a number of free public lectures by leading historians of twentieth century history taking place as...
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Research teams nominated for East Midlands awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-teams-nominated-for-east-midlands-awards
A leading cardiologist, the recruitment drive behind a physical activity study on teenage girls and a “pioneer” in helping the public understand research are among the Leicester-based nominations at an awards ceremony.
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Masters students announced as winners in innovative ideas competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/master2019s-students-announced-as-winners-in-innovative-ideas-competition
A team of Master’s students has been announced as a winner of the JISC Summer of Innovation Student Ideas competition.
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Glossary
https://le.ac.uk/graduation/what-is-graduation/glossary
Browse a list of words about University of Leicester graduation and find out what they mean.
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New radio plays to celebrate Adrian Moles 50th birthday
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-radio-plays-to-celebrate-adrian-moles-50th-birthday
Budding writers are being called upon to help celebrate literary character Adrian Mole's 50th birthday.
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New theorems could help robots to correct errors on-the-fly and learn from each other
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/new-theorems-could-help-robots-to-correct-errors-on-the-fly-and-learn-from-each-other
Errors in Artificial Intelligence which would normally take a considerable amount of time to resolve could be corrected immediately with the help of new research by Leicester mathematicians.
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Literary Leicester festival celebrates tenth year with diverse new programme of events throughout the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/literary-leicester-celebrates-tenth-year-with-diverse-new-programme-of-events-throughout-the-city
Literary Leicester- our free international literature festival celebrating the written and spoken word- is taking place this week.
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Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research
World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote efforts to eliminate the disease.
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University’s Centre for Regional and Local History launches new research spaces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/local-history
University of Leicester’s Centre for English Local History will relaunch as the Centre for Regional and Local History from Wednesday (5 October).