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British summer holiday habits of the past explored by Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/british-summer-holiday-habits-of-the-past-explored-by-leicester-researchers
Visiting different countries and traveling the world is a common way people spend their summer holidays - but the historical British summer holiday would have been a much less frequent and far more local affair.
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The Weakest Links Anne Robinson to speak at Literary Leicester event honouring the life of revered editor Alexander Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/the-weakest-link2019s-anne-robinson-to-speak-at-literary-leicester-event-honouring-the-life-of-revered-editor-alexander-chancellor
A panel of esteemed writers and journalists will commemorate the life and work of Spectator editor Alexander Chancellor CBE on Wednesday 15 November at 4.00 pm.
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Marginalisation of asylum seekers explored at LGBT World event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/marginalisation-of-asylum-seekers-explored-at-lgbt-world-event
Research into the marginalisation of asylum seekers due to their sexual orientation will be discussed at a free, public event at the University of Leicester on Wednesday 22 February.
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University supporting Town and Gown 10k run
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-supporting-town-and-gown-10k-run
The University of Leicester has declared its support for the new Leicester Town and Gown charity run. The 10k race, organised by charity Muscular Dystrophy UK, is coming to the city for the first time on Sunday 5 March.
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Expert comment UK Government must end uncertainty for Gibraltars people after Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-comment-uk-government-must-end-uncertainty-for-gibraltar2019s-people-after-brexit
University of Leicester academic, Dr Chris Grocott, has called on the Government to provide certainty on their plans for Gibraltar following Brexit.
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Work of women mathematicians at the University to be celebrated
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/work-of-women-mathematicians-at-the-university-to-be-celebrated
The rise in female actuaries, soap films, Brexit voting patterns and stick man drawings are the very diverse subjects under scrutiny in a series of talks by women mathematicians at our University.
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Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil
A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil and Argentina.
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Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia
Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.
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Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see
New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.
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Leicester team to update patients on latest SCAD research findings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-team-to-update-patients-on-latest-scad-research-findings
Researchers from our University will be providing updates on the latest findings of their research into Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) on Saturday 12 November 2016.