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Fay Weldon among speakers at Literary Leicester Festival
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The prolific feminist author and playwright Fay Weldon will be one of the highlights of this year’s Literary Leicester festival when she appears...
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Richard III geneticist to give Queens Lecture in Berlin
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Dr Turi King from our Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History will give this year's Queen's Lecture in Berlin,...
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Early edition of Frankenstein in University archives gives rise to chilling story around its creation
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A popular character during Halloween is the shambling mass of assorted body parts known as Frankenstein’s Monster from Mary Shelley’s novel...
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MBA graduate named as Innovator of the Year
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University of Leicester alumnus Marty Lampner, president and chief executive officer of Chimes, Inc.
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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
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Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by.
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Research highlights both the determinants and consequences of financial fragility in low income countries
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A team of researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Aston will be revealing the novel findings of a successful ESRC-DFID bid into...
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Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition
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A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the...
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Latest highlights from our postgraduate research community
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The Graduate School is pleased to announce that the third issue of the Postgraduate Research Magazine Frontier is now available to view online.
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Industry and academia build links in precision medicine and drug discovery
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Â鶹APP recently hosted an event bringing together industry and academic in fruitful discussions on drug discovery and...
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Leicester Heroes event smashes record number of stem cell sign-ups in one drive
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A record number of sign-ups to a stem cell register has been achieved at an event on the University of Leicester campus.