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• Andrew Dunn: Page 75

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/75/

  Academic Librarian.

• Physics and Astronomy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/

  Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.

• 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...

• 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...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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...

• 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).

• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/eg4063

  Module code: EG4063 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine focuses on the combination of engineered structures, biological cells and the human body’s unique capabilities for regeneration in order to heal complex injuries and cure disease.

• Politics, Technology, and Ecology in Francophone Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/fr2030

  Module code: FR2030 This module explores how French-speaking writers, filmmakers, and artists have imagined alternative worlds in order to reflect critically on our present and imagine the future.