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Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 10 16 September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-10-16-september
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has written an article with researchers Lucy Smith, Nicola Cooper, Kate Williams and Henrietta...
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Children learn money skills in new project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/children-learn-money-using-skills-in-new-project
Children as young as two-years-old are being encouraged to learn about maths through a project led by the University and involving local schools...
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Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences
Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 20 26 August
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-20-26-august
Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management had written an article for The Conversation discussing the work practices of global company...
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Discover Medieval Leicestershire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/discover-medieval-leicestershire
Archaeologists and historians from the University have contributed to a new book examining Leicester life in the Middle Ages.
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Flexible degrees offered by Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-to-offer-flexible-degrees
Leicester is pioneering its ‘Pathways’ programme, which it believes will provide the most flexible curriculum in the UK, with students able to...
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Winners of Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/winners-of-festival-of-postgraduate-research-2015-announced
The winners of the Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 have been announced.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 1117 June
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-11-17-june
Dr Daniel Zadik from the Department of Genetics has written an article for The Conversation exploring food intolerance in ancient cultures.
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Society and Crisis Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of Societal WellBeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/society-and-crisis-quantitative-and-qualitative-evaluations-of-societal-well-being
The Department of Sociology hosted a one day symposium on 4 June focused on measuring societal well-being during current recession.