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New report demonstrates impact of programme preparing refugees for academic life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/report-impact-programme-preparing-refugees-academic-life
The RefugEAP Programme supports refugee-background students aspiring to university in developing their English for academic settings using a trauma-informed approach, run as a unique joint collaboration between the University of Leicester and the University of Leeds
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Sarah Gabbott
https://le.ac.uk/people/sarah-gabbott
The academic profile of Professor Sarah Gabbott, Professor of Palaeontology at University of Leicester
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Lines of descent
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/lines-of-descent
DNA analysis of the Greyfriars bones was crucial to confirming their identity as those of Richard III. But that analysis would be meaningless without something for comparison.
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Public lecture series to celebrate 100 years of research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/difficult-conversations
Brookfield is the new home of the University’s School of Business, situated in the historic Stoneygate Conservation Area.
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Emeritus, honorary and visiting staff
https://le.ac.uk/gge/people/emeritus-honorary
Browse the Emeritus, honorary and visiting staff who work, teach and research in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, and see their contact details.
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A team of UK scientists have been monitoring the devastating smoke plume in Canada and North America
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nceo-wildfire-monitoring
A team of scientists from the National Centre for Earth Observation, based at the University of Leicester, has been monitoring the devastating plume of smoke which has travelled from Canada to parts of the North American east coast.
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Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...
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Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees
A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.
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Transforming practice
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/impact/transforming-practice
The Centre for Hate Studies has provided evidence-based recommendations for criminal agencies and third-sector organisations across the UK, which has resulted in a number of practice changes in the criminal system. Read testimonials with those we have worked with.
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Fiendish Friday Quiz #5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/12/fiendish-friday-quiz-5/
A fifth Evelyn Waugh quiz, taken From the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1