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University building to be named after first female professor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/university-building-to-be-named-after-first-female-professor
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has announced that a building at the University is to be named after its first female professor.
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New study considers whether age affects your experiences on an undergraduate degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/new-study-considers-whether-age-affects-your-experiences-on-an-undergraduate-degree
With significant numbers of students entering Higher Education over the age of 21, a University of Leicester project examines whether age is just...
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Event to celebrate slavery abolitionists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/event-to-celebrate-slavery-abolitionists
The achievements of two 19th century Leicestershire women who championed a fight against slavery are to be celebrated at a free event at the...
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Conference explores regional languages of France
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/conference-explores-regional-languages-of-france
An upcoming conference at the University of Leicester will gather experts in the field of French language policies and planning with a particular...
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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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Free language taster sessions from Languages at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/free-language-taster-sessions-from-languages-at-leicester
A long-running language learning programme offering over a dozen languages is offering members of the public the opportunity to try a new...
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Literary Leicester 2015 returns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/literary-leicester-2015-line-up-announced
The line-up of authors and special guests attending Literary Leicester 2015, who will be delivering a range of exciting and stimulating sessions...
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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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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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Graduate poet publishes new anthology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/graduate-poet-publishes-new-anthology
Poet Selina Nwulu, who graduated from the University with a degree in French and Italian from the School of Modern Languages, has published a new...