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Financial markets and the appliance of science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/financial-markets-and-the-appliance-of-science
A new study that brings together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets has been...
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Our University marks Black History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/our-university-marks-black-history-month-1
Our University has marked Black History Month 2016 with exhibitions, talks, theatre and film showings.
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University project provides boost for womens empowerment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-project-provides-boost-for-womens-empowerment
A major international project investigating women academics’ careers in public universities in Pakistan has shattered preconceptions about...
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Study examines impact of slumming it and slum tourism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-examines-impact-of-slumming-it-and-slum-tourism
The notion of ‘Slumming it’ is to be brought under sharp focus at a discussion being held at our University A new study by Dr Fabian Frenzel, of...
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Glittering literati at Literary Leicester Festival 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/glittering-literati-at-literary-leicester-festival-2016
The city's diverse celebration of the written and spoken word is returning next month with a prestigious line-up of speakers and contributors who...
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Business leaders to offer expert advice on scalability and growth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/business-leaders-to-offer-expert-advice-on-scalability-and-growth
Global leadership development company Vistage, with over 23,000 members across the world, is holding its Open Day on Friday 28 October at the King...
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Event to discuss the 2016 Presidential Election and political divisions in the United States
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/event-to-discuss-the-2016-presidential-election-and-political-divisions-in-the-united-states
A visiting professor from the United States will be discussing the 2016 US Presidential Election and the politically polarised state of the...
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Leicesters everevolving literary festival receives important Arts Council grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicesters-ever-evolving-literary-festival-receives-important-arts-council-grant
Literary Leicester, a leading festival of the written and spoken word organised by our University, opens in Leicester next month (November), with...
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Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4
Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.
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Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man
Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what...