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Digital showcase wins prestigious award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/digital-showcase-wins-prestigious-award
A project that showcases the lives of British scientists involved in some of the most remarkable scientific and engineering discoveries of the...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 26 November 2 December
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-26-november-2-december
Dr David Clark from the School of English has written an article for The Conversation discussing medieval attitudes towards sex.
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University to host major conferences in 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/university-to-host-four-conferences-in-2016
The University is preparing to host four major conferences next year in collaboration with Leicester Shire Promotions.
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Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled
The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful...
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Paris and the rush to remember the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/paris-and-the-rush-to-remember-the-aftermath-of-the-2005-london-bombings
A call for any memorial event following the Paris attacks to be ‘more sensitively handled’ than the official response to the 2005 London bombings...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 19 25 November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-19-25-november
Dr Daniel Ladley from the Department of Economics has written an article for The Conversation discussing how cooperative groups work better than...
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Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female
A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester...
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Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival
The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an...
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Project to help reduce unsafe abortion death rates in disaster zones
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/project-to-help-reduce-unsafe-abortion-death-rates-in-disaster-zones
New research led by Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the School of Management will look into the sexual and reproductive health issues in...
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Oxford Professor to explore the mystery of Alices Adventures in Wonderland on the 150th anniversary of its publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-explores-the-mystery-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-on-the-150th-anniversary-of-its-publication
On the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland award-winning biographer Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the lure and...