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Law in the Community: Pro Bono
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3294
Module code: LW3294 “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn." This module, overseen by the Legal Advice Clinic, may be the most practical module on offer at the Law School.
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A multidisciplinary team of scientists aim to solve the mystery of magnetoreception
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/magnetoreception
A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic forces affect animals, including humans
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Working in partnership with the Primary PGCE
https://le.ac.uk/education/school-partnerships/primary-partnership
Find out how your primary school can work in partnership with the School of Education at the University of Leicester - including hosting PGCE Focus Days placements, recruitment and joining our Partnership Management Group.
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How much do school holidays cost?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/how-much-do-school-holidays-cost/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 According to the latest annual survey from the UK based Family and Childcare Trust the average price of holiday childcare is £133 per week in Britain.
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A Week in the World of Waugh
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/07/18/a-week-in-the-world-of-waugh/
Posted by isabellacaldwell in Waugh and Words on July 18, 2014 David Wilson Library When journeying to Leicester on Monday morning, I was somewhat daunted by the prospect of the future week, a week where I would be experiencing the working life of the research associates...
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Osteology - reading the bones
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology
Specialists analysed the skeleton to determine the age and sex of the individual, the spinal abnormalities are identified and the wounds characterised.
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Welcome to the Criminal Corpse Blog
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/09/01/welcome-blog-2/
Posted by Sarah Tarlow in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 1, 2015 Speaking as an old and ugly academic, I’ve come to realise that sometimes it takes a transfusion of young and energetic blood into an established project to liven it up.
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Leicester team shows how to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural peatland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-team-shows-how-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-from-agricultural-peatland
Raising the water table could slow down global warming, boost crop yields, and preserve peat soils according to a new study.
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Feminism in the School curriculum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/feminism-in-the-school-curriculum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 This week MPs discussed the proposal for feminism to be dropped from the A Level politics curriculum. See the draft curriculum from 2015.
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Social Security and the Gig Economy – Lessons from the French Intermittents du Spectable scheme.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/12/07/social-security-and-the-gig-economy-lessons-from-the-french-intermittents-du-spectable-scheme/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 7, 2023 A radical redesign of the UK benefits system for gig economy workers could draw inspiration from a French scheme that covers art industry workers writes Guillaume Wilemme and Piotr Denderski of the...