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Harborough Museum collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/market-harborough-museum
The Harborough Museum collection is comprised of interviews regarding life in Market Harborough as part of the Hidden Harborough project. Get more information about the collection.
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John Bradshaw (1942-2019)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/john-bradshaw
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of former Head Groundskeeper John Bradshaw. John, who passed away on Monday 11 November, worked at the University from 1965 until his retirement in 2008.
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Winifred Pennington
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/winifred-pennington
Winifred Pennington was part of a new generation of respected women in research.
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Leicesters contribution to forensic history featured by BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester2019s-contribution-to-forensic-history-featured-by-bbc
BBC4’s new three-part documentary series exploring the history and development of forensic science includes contributions from academics at the University of Leicester, including Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discussing his invention of DNA fingerprinting.
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How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/how-fandom-can-be-viewed-as-a-form-or-substitute-for-religion
The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for followers is to be explored at an international conference hosted at Leicester between 28-30 July.
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Leicester among worlds most international universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-among-worlds-most-international-universities
Our University has been ranked amongst the leading international universities in the world on the Times Higher Education top 200 list - placing at number 72. A spokesperson for the THE said: “All institutions in the top 800 of the ranking have been considered.
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Leicester retains the HR Excellence in Research Award after four-year audit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-retains-the-hr-excellence-in-research-award-after-four-year-audit
Leicester signed up to the Concordat for the Career Development of Researchers in 2011.
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College Court wins national award for Best Customer Service
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/college-court-wins-national-award-for-best-customer-service
College Court, the University’s conference centre and hotel, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Customer Service’ in the Academic Venue Awards hosted at the Queen Mary University of London on Wednesday 22nd November.
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Dean of our School of Business is conferred with national fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/dean-of-our-school-of-business-is-conferred-with-national-fellowship
The Dean of the our Business School has been given a prestigious award in recognition of the contribution her work makes to society.
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Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro taught by Leicester alumnus Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-alumni-sir-malcolm-stanley-bradbury-taught-nobel-prize-winner-for-2017-kazuo-ishiguro
This morning, British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro is a novelist, screenwriter and short story writer.