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Leicester remembers campaigner for interfaith understanding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-remembers-campaigner-for-interfaith-understanding
One family’s efforts to highlight the horrors of the holocaust will be honoured at a series of events at the University in honour of Leicester...
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Leicester Cathedral named one of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-cathedral-named-one-of-the-top-five-most-haunted-places-in-the-midlands
In time for Halloween, ITV has compiled a list of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands - and Leicester Cathedral is ranked among them,...
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 21 October
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-21-october
Dr Samantha Johnson from the Department of Health Sciences has written an article for Action Medical Research about developing a programme to help...
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Back to the Future Why it should never be remade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/back-to-the-future-why-it-should-never-be-remade
To film aficionados, today is a very special day - 21 October 2015 is famous amongst Back to the Future fans as it is the day to which Marty...
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Leicester student in world Wheelchair Rugby Challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-student-in-world-wheelchair-rugby-challenge
A Leicester doctoral student has described the ‘great experience’ of taking part in the inaugural BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge.
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Leicester spearheads development of new urban studies centre in India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-spearheads-development-of-new-urban-studies-centre-in-india
Leicester academics will be involved in the launch of the new Centre for Urban Studies at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) Baroda, Gujarat.
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Events to explore the fight for equality power politics and inspirational figures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-equality-power-politics-and-inspirational-figures
The University is celebrating Black History Month 2015 by hosting a number of free public events throughout October.
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The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1
Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 1 7 October
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President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle and Provost Professor Mark Peel have written an article for The Guardian about the potential...