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History and Security Sector Reform: Crime and Punishment in British Colonial Guyana, 1814-1966
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/history-and-security-sector-reform
Over the past two years there has been a general shift in models of incarceration in the former British colony of Guyana, from punishment (punitive measures) to correction and rehabilitation (via training and education).
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School of Chemistry prizes and prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/prizes
The School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester has a number of prestigious undergraduate prizes that are awarded to students at various points during their degrees.
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Museums and social justice – and why I bang on about it quite a lot.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2018/04/12/museums-and-social-justice-and-why-i-bang-on-about-it-quite-a-lot/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 12, 2018 This week marked the 73 rd anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. Between 1937 and 1945, 280,000 people were imprisoned there.
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Life and Fate: Russian Literature from Pushkin to Grossman
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3216
Module code: EN3216 This module explores Russian literature from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Starting with Pushkin and Lermontov, we will move later into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to consider Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
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Life and Fate: Russian Literature from Pushkin to Grossman
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en3216
Module code: EN3216 This module explores Russian literature from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Starting with Pushkin and Lermontov, we will move later into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to consider Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
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Life and Fate: Russian Literature from Pushkin to Grossman
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en3216
Module code: EN3216 This module explores Russian literature from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Starting with Pushkin and Lermontov, we will move later into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to consider Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
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Former burial place of King Richard III given scheduled monument protection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/former-burial-place-of-king-richard-iii-given-scheduled-monument-protection
The remains of a 13th century monastic site, Greyfriars in Leicester, which was revealed as the burial place of King Richard III during the course of an excavation by Leicester archaeologists, has been granted protection by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...
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Stories from our Centenary
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/stories
As part of our 100 Years of Change centenary celebrations we've reflected on how our history may impact our future.
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Cancer expert receives £100,000 donation towards his vital work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/mick-may-mesothelioma-fennell
A cancer expert who prolonged the life of the inspirational author and charity founder, Mick May, has received a £100,000 donation to help continue his ground breaking work at the university of Leicester.
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University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive
The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its commitment to being a biodiversity net-positive organisation.