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Partners
https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton/about/partners
Find out more about the partners for the Joe Orton: 50 Years On project. Including: Curve theatre, Leicester; the National Justice Museum in Nottingham; and the Arts Council, England.
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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Alex Keller
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/alex-keller
The University has learned, with regret, of the death of Professor Alex Keller who taught history of science and technology at Leicester 1963-1997.
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Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs3694
Module code:HS3694 Module Outline Experiences of free and forced migration have transformed the political, economic, social and cultural identity of modern societies around the globe.
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Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3694
Module code:HS3694 Module Outline Experiences of free and forced migration have transformed the political, economic, social and cultural identity of modern societies around the globe.
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Disasporas and Migrations in the Modern World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3694
Module code:HS3694 Module Outline Experiences of free and forced migration have transformed the political, economic, social and cultural identity of modern societies around the globe.
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Recruitment begins for ethnic minority healthcare staff COVID research study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/recruitment-begins-for-ethnic-minority-healthcare-staff
A drive to encourage ethnic minority healthcare workers to participate in a Government-backed study investigating the risks of COVID-19 to their health has been launched today.
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Inherited herpesvirus study finds links to ancient humans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/inherited-herpesvirus-study-finds-links-to-ancient-humans
An international study of integrated HHV-6 led by our University has discovered that a small number of human ancestors, one from about 24,000 years ago, have been responsible for transmitting ancient strains of the virus to individuals today – affecting about a million people...
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Charles Phythian-Adams
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/charles-phythian-adams
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, former Head of the Department of English Local History (now the Centre for Regional and Local History), who passed away on 13 May 2025.
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New Leicester study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heart-women-diabetes-leicester
Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have hidden heart damage, according to a major new study by Leicester researchers.