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Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys is the god of forensic science says bestselling crime author in new video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/patricia-cornwell-describes-impact-inventor-of-genetic-fingerprinting-has-had-on-her-career
Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell has paid tribute to the University of Leicester Professor who invented the technique of genetic fingerprinting during her visit to De Montfort Hall in Leicester to give a talk as part of the University Literary Leicester festival...
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Unruly bodies and minds in the medical museum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/unruly-bodies-and-minds-in-the-medical-museum
Following Mat Fraser’s astonishing and award-winning commission Cabinet of Curiosities that toured UK museums in 2015, Exceptional & Extraordinary is inviting four artists to explore behind the scenes of eight of the UK’s most renowned medical museums.
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New elite ranking of world universities places Leicester amongst top institutions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-elite-ranking-of-world-universities-places-leicester-amongst-top-institutions
A new ranking of the world’s top 300 elite universities has ranked the University of Leicester among the leading institutions in the world.
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TV broadcaster receives top honour from University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/25-david-olusoga-obe-receives-honorary-degree
British-Nigerian historian, producer and presenter David Olusoga OBE receives honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
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"We must level the playing field for BAME students" says new Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/04-bame-students
nishan smiling to the camera|The University of Leicester’s new vice-chancellor has pledged to eliminate the ‘awarding gap’ which sees many students missing out on top degrees.
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Leading UK society moves to Space Park Leicester ahead of landmark anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/remote-sensing-photogrammetry-society-space-park
The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society has moved to the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park
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Beating health inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/beating-health-inequalities
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Dr Manish Pareek played a leading role in helping understand how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected ethnic minority populations.
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Primary materials
https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/resources/materials
Browse through the list of primary materials the Stanley Burton centre has cultivated; essential to the study of the Holocaust and genocide.
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Roman Knossos
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/big-antiquity/roman-knossos
The University of Leicester's Roman Knossos Archaeology project, an excavation and investigation of the Roman settlement at Knossos, Greece (Colonia Iulia Nobilis Cnossus).
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Vacation placements
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/careers/vacation-placements
A number of our students have been fortunate enough to gain from vacation placements while at Leicester.