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History of 19th century building on campus revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/history-of-19th-century-building-on-campus-revealed
New information about the history of 1 Salisbury Road was revealed during a visit by Dr Sula Ellis to the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), which is based in the building.
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Better the Devil you know?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/08/30/better-the-devil-you-know/
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Expert opinions cover Zuma masculinity Facebook data railway reforms the NHS and social media
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/expert-opinions-cover-zuma-masculinity-facebook-data-railway-reforms-the-nhs-and-social-media
James Hamill from our School of History, Politics and International Relations wrote an article for The Conversation discussing how Zuma’s presidency may be over, but his toxic legacy seems likely to haunt the ANC.
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The story of skeletons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-story-of-skeletons
What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth finger of a pterosaur? They are among the cast of characters that feature in a new book by University of Leicester professors Jan...
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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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EDISeminar: The 2020 Space Census
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/21/ediseminar-the-2020-space-census/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 April 2021 The School’s first EDI seminar is on Monday April 26th, on The 2020 Space Census: Demographics of the UK Space Sector.
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The history of Leicesters printing press
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/the-history-of-leicesters-printing-press
In a feature entitled 'Printing in Leicester', Dr John Hinks from the Centre for Urban History has discussed the ups and downs of Leicester's printing press throughout history.
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UK General Election data from 1918-2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/uk-general-election-data-from-1918-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 A House of Commons Library briefing containing constituency level data from 1918. This can be downloaded as either an excel or CSV file.
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History of the Centre
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/about/history
The history of the Centre dates back to 1948. Read more about our formation, teaching, research and publications since we were established.
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The payslip: effects of the minimum wage?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/payslip
Read the article "The payslip: effects of the minimum wage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.