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The Bulletin - Leicester receives funding for ground-breaking research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-bulletin-leicester-receives-funding-for-ground-breaking-research
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear why the university is receiving funding for groundbreaking...
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Legacy of Smigielski on post-war central Leicester to be explored in symposium
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/smigielski-symposium-to-explore-planning-of-post-war-central-leicester
Our University will be holding a symposium in partnership with the Leicester City Council on town planning and the historic environment in the...
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Exhibition on insanity epidemic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/exhibition-on-insanity-epidemic
A Leicester historian has curated a major exhibition to be held in Venice and Ferrara focusing on the impact of an epidemic that was regarded as...
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University celebrates 50th anniversary of UKs first mass communication research centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-uks-first-mass-communication-research-centre
2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass...
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Europeans have shaped what we think of as being quintessentially English
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/europeans-have-shaped-what-we-think-of-as-quintessentially-english
Immigrants from Europe have, for centuries, played a vital role in shaping British culture as well as our perception of what we think as...
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Historian to take part in stand-up comedy challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/historian-to-take-part-in-stand-up-comedy-challenge
Kevin Schürer (pictured), Professor of English Local History in our School of History and lead genealogist in the discovery of King Richard III,...
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Leicester could be a champion of globalisation thanks to Premier League success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-could-be-a-2018champion-of-globalisation2019-thanks-to-premier-league-success
With an historic Premier League trophy to its name, Leicester now has a unique branding strategy that is the envy of cities around the world.
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Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome
A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome.
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PhD researcher addresses blanket banning of legal highs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/academic-addresses-blanket-banning-of-2018legal-highs2019
Yewande Okuleye from the School of History, alongside researchers from the University of Warwick, addressed the recent UK legislation to ban...
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Richard III at the Sofia Science Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/sofia-meets-richard-iii-at-the-science-festival
The team behind the momentous discovery of King Richard III will be presenting the science that led to the identification of the remains at a...