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  • Athena SWAN

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    The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ is committed to providing a good working environment for its staff, and in 2016 was successful in achieving an Athena SWAN Bronze award.

  • Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

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    Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions. The handle portrays a ‘Barbarian’ grappling with a lion, together with four naked youths cowering in terror.

  • Videos highlight Leicesters leading space expertise

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    Leicester’s leading expertise in cutting-edge space research has been showcased in a series of videos captured during the GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong, which is organised by the UK’s Department for International Trade and took place in March of this year.

  • Friends of the school

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    The principal aim of the Friends of the School of Education is to promote and support the educational achievement of children and young people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Find out how to get involved.

  • Leicester staff member to appear on Sky's Portrait Artist of the Year 2019

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    04GBRu357rQ|Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Megan McMullan will make her TV debut competing against other amateur artists on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Porter Megan McMullan will feature on Sky’s Portrait Artist of the Year 2019.

  • Leicester academic discusses the problems facing preterm babies

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    Dr Samantha Johnson, from the Department of Health Sciences, discussed the long-term development of extremely preterm babies on BBC Inside Out East Midlands on Monday 6 March.

  • https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/03/22/martyrdom-memory-and-the-marquis/

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on March 22, 2016   During the past three years a key part of my research as part of the Criminal Corpse project has been to trace the people who suffered the last punishment of the law from their capital...

  • Groundbreaking event marks the start of extension to Students Union building

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    Construction has officially commenced on an ambitious £21 million extension to the Students’ Union building.

  • https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/10/07/cider-the-golden-global-glug/

    Posted by in Consuming Authenticities on October 7, 2015 Ethnographic research with craft cider-makers suggests that part of the authenticity of a craft cider derives from its staying true to the traditions of cider, as opposed to a “commercial ciderâ€, a category often used...

  • Professor Corinne Fowler releases new book Our Island Stories: Country Walks through Colonial Britain

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    Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Professor Corinne Fowler has released a new book published by Penguin exploring Great Britain’s countryside and its links to colonialism.

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