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What is saffron
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron
Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.
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Keep Calm and Scroll On!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/03/27/keep-calm-and-scroll-on/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on March 27, 2020 Hello from our homes! Ian, our Library Assistant will be ready to greet new users when we reopen! We had to bid a sad farewell to our archive store and reading room last week, as...
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Study transforming diabetes care with culturally tailored support for African and Caribbean communities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/heald
A healthy eating and physical activity programme created with, and for, people of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes in London is now seeking volunteers to test its effectiveness around the UK
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Awardwinning academic rep explains why shes not quite ready to leave Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/award-winning-academic-rep-explains-why-she2019s-not-quite-ready-to-leave-leicester
Dedicated student Aysha Ahmed may be closing the chapter on one part of her student journey at the University of Leicester this week, but she isn’t quite ready to leave us yet.
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Emma makes history as Leicester Medical School marks 50-year anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/emma-makes-history-leicester-medical-school-50-year-anniversary
Emma Zugic made University of Leicester history this week as she became the final student to graduate from the Medical School in its 50th year.
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Footballs past present and future tackled via photographs at University event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/football2019s-past-present-and-future-tackled-via-photographs-at-university-event
Artist-in-residence for both the Football Association and Sport England, internationally acclaimed photographer Stuart Roy Clarke is to present on his work at the University in a free public event at 6pm on Thursday 9 February 2017.
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Health Minister praises ‘fantastic Medical School’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/ed-argar-visit
Charwood MP Ed Argar highlights partnership approach as key to amazing work at Leicester.
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Response by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to Honorary Degree Oration, July 2004
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/honorary-degree-oration/honorary-degree-response
Professor Jeffreys response to being awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Leicester.
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Using Leicesters landmarks to get children counting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/using-leicester2019s-landmarks-to-get-children-counting
A new book by the School of Education is bringing maths to life for young children across Leicester by using images of familiar locations around the city to help them find numbers and practise counting.
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Leicester to lead Royal Astronomical Society livestream of Uranus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/uranus-live
Astronomers and planetary scientists from the University of Leicester are to lead dedicated livestream observations of Uranus in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) to bring live imagery of the planet to the public in the UK and around the world.