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Head of British Army to give public talk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/head-of-british-army-to-give-public-talk
The head of the British Army General Sir Nicholas Carter is to deliver a keynote lecture at our University on Wednesday 20 July 2016 from 1.45pm-3pm in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Centre for Medicine, 15 Lancaster Road.
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British premiere of Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/18/british-premiere-of-abdellah-taias-salvation-army/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 18, 2014 Back in September, I attended the first British screening of Salvation Army (2013), the début film of Moroccan author (and now filmmaker) Abdellah Taïa, screened exclusively...
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Welcome to the jungle: Leicester student recalls life-changing British Army deployment to Belize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/belize
Army reservist and Leicester student Lieutenant Rob Blackman recalls his British Army deployment to Belize.
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Daring Deeds of Valour
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2016/02/09/daring-deeds-of-valour/
Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on February 9, 2016 Daring Deeds of Valour By Dr Rachel Bates, University of Leicester The 29 January 2016 marks the 160 th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, a key legacy of the Crimean War (1854-56).
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Marking Armed Forces Day at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/armed-forces-day
An Army veteran who went on to join the University of Leicester is marking Armed Forces Day by highlighting the University’s support for the Armed Forces community.
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University of Leicester hosts event to encourage businesses to take on ex-Forces staff
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-event-businesses-ex-forces-staff
East Midlands business leaders discovered how Forces veterans and reservists can benefit their organisations at an event held by the University of Leicester.
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Clare Anderson
https://le.ac.uk/people/clare-anderson
Information and contact details for Professor Clare Anderson FBA, Professor of History and Director, LIAS, at the University of Leicester.
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Armed Forces Champion discusses workforce barriers for veterans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/frazer-stark
The University of Leicester’s Armed Forces Champion has spoken out about the challenges military veterans face entering the workforce after retirement. Sergeant Frazer Stark served in the British Army at the age of 17-years old in September 2005.
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Holocaust awareness event to pay tribute to liberators of Belsen camp
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/holocaust-awareness-event-to-pay-tribute-to-liberators-of-belsen
Today is the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, first celebrated on 8 May 1945, which marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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Soldier magazine archive online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/soldier-magazine-archive-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 80-year archive of the British Army’s in-house magazine, Soldier , has been digitised and is now available online for free.