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Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass
Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note
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Royal connections link University to city
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/connections
Find out more about the many links that have been forged between the University and the Royal Family.
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PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed
More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.
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Higher Education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education
Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.
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Livecyte 2
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/specialised-imaging/livecyte-2
The Livecyte 2 can be found in the Advanced Imaging Facility. Learn more about the equipment.
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Trace Evidence Analysis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch7202
Module code: CH7202 This module explores the key techniques in trace evidence analysis. You will learn about the recovery and enhancement of latent fingerprints and delve into the analysis of various trace evidence like hair, fibre, paint, and soil.
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Trace Evidence Analysis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ch7202
Module code: CH7202 This module explores the key techniques in trace evidence analysis. You will learn about the recovery and enhancement of latent fingerprints and delve into the analysis of various trace evidence like hair, fibre, paint, and soil.
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Trace Evidence Analysis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch7202
Module code: CH7202 This module explores the key techniques in trace evidence analysis. You will learn about the recovery and enhancement of latent fingerprints and delve into the analysis of various trace evidence like hair, fibre, paint, and soil.
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Leicester student mentored by ITV News Central wins Breaking Into News competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-student-mentored-by-itv-news-central-wins-breaking-into-news-competition
Sally Wynter from the Department of History of Art and Film has won the 2015 Breaking Into News initiative, run by ITV News and Media Trust. She won the competition after developing a news report that showed how a local charity was tackling homelessness.
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Leicester engineer receives top award from HRH The Prince of Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-engineer-receives-top-award-from-hrh-the-prince-of-wales
Mechanical Engineering student Abike Looi- Somoye has been presented with a national award by HRH The Prince of Wales at the annual Industrial Cadet Awards event in London.