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Countess of Wessex to attend the reinterment of King Richard III
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The Dean of Leicester has announced that Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex is to attend the Reinterment Service for King Richard lll on...
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Explosive moment in the media
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University geologist Dr David Hawthorn, who set up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition...
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Richard IIIs story to be told to Leicesters schoolchildren
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Thousands of schoolchildren all over the city of Leicester will be learning about the story of Richard III as part of the University’s mission to...
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Lady in Lead Coffin revealed
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A mysterious lead coffin found close to the site of Richard III's hastily dug grave at the Grey Friars friary has been opened and studied by...
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English Language Teaching Unit celebrates international research students
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The second annual English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) Research Festival was held on Wednesday 18th February.
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Students to take part in cooking competition using Fairtrade ingredients
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University staff will be giving their best impressions of foodie TV personalities Gregg Wallace and John Torode as they grill students in a...
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Crocus Sundays signal the arrival of spring alongside hedgehog display for children
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The springtime blooming of crocuses in the Botanic Garden will this year be accompanied by the unusual sight of thousands of salt-dough hedgehogs...
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Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best
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The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on...
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Go Green Week 2015 setting the standard in student leadership
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Main campus was an even bigger hub of buzzing activity than normal from 9-13 February as students working towards the Leicester Award pulled off a...
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Award-winning students demonstrate their employability to EU experts
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Two Â鶹ÊÓƵ students have won the second edition of the EU Careers Challenge.