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Leicester to be part of regional hub for postgraduate training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-to-be-part-of-regional-hub-for-postgraduate-training
Our University is working with a consortium of Midlands universities to open up a range of new opportunities for postgraduate study in the region.
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Lady in Lead Coffin revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/lady-in-lead-coffin-revealed
A mysterious lead coffin found close to the site of Richard III's hastily dug grave at the Grey Friars friary has been opened and studied by experts from the University of Leicester’s Archaeological Services (ULAS).
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Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago
Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.
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Culture on the Fringe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/culture-on-the-fringe
An upcoming event organised and hosted by Leicester’s CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies will be exploring the concept of ‘fringe’ culture- how it might be defined, what separates it from the ‘mainstream’, and the opportunities that fringe festivals can...
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Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today
Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...
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Students awaken the science of Star Wars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars
Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...
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News archive 2022
https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2022
Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2022.
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Astrophysics Seminar Wed 1st 3pm.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/29/astrophysics-seminar-wed-1st-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 November 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Renske Smit (LJMU), on “An ALMA view of galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization” Abstract: In the past decade hundreds of galaxy candidates have been identified in the Epoch...
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Funded opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities
Listed below are the funded studentship opportunities which are currently accepting research student applications.
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Black Social Worker Oral History Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/black-social-worker-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This project is led by staff at Coventry University’s Centre for Peace and Security.