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Free online course offers insights into the time of Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/free-online-course-offers-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii
As the first anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III approaches in March, our University is relaunching its highly popular online course that explores what it was really like to live in the world of the last Plantagenet King.
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The bottle of water: what does it mean to commodify a natural resource?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/bottle-of-water
Read the article "The bottle of water: what does it mean to commodify a natural resource?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Leicester astronomer leads study of observations of Jupiter in the far-infrared
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-astronomer-leads-study-of-observations-of-jupiter
Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has lead a team that has produced far-infrared maps of Jupiter for the first time since the twin Voyager spacecraft missions in 1979 using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA.
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Leicester team awarded prestigious prize from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/rcog
The team are the first in the world to use handheld scanners to help children with a complex eye disorder.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/events
Three workshops took place over the course of three years where subject area experts had the opportunity to come together. Learn more about what was presented and discussed at the workshops.
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Christmas toys and festive joys Yuletide memories from the twentieth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/christmas-toys-and-festive-joys-yuletide-memories-from-the-twentieth-century
The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) has put together a number of recordings from the 1930s and 40s discussing Christmas time.
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Expert opinions cover Juno Jupiter the Kurdish Referendum and hacking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-opinions-cover-juno-jupiter-the-kurdish-referendum-and-hacking
Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written an article discussing some of the latest developments from the Juno mission.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.
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When Two Dragons Fight: China and Japan at War in the Twentieth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3689
Module code: HS3689 The Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, as World War II in China is known, was one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century.