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Thinking About Convict Objects, in French Guiana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/11/28/thinking-about-convict-objects-in-french-guiana/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 28, 2015 In the Musée Départemental Alexandre Franconie in Cayenne there is a room dedicated to the history of the French colonial bagne (prison).
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/26/new-telescope-to-be-the-goto-for-gravitational-wave-events/
Leicester space scientists will contribute to a huge new telescope, made up of identical arrays on opposite sides of the planet, to track down sources of gravitational waves.
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Research lunches
https://le.ac.uk/cssp/events/research
Find out more about the research lunches scheduled for the coming year in the School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy at Leicester.
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Which regions/cities in the UK are the wealthiest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/02/which-regions-cities-in-the-uk-are-the-wealthiest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2016 Take a look at the latest annual Prosperity Index . The Barclays UK Prosperity Map is an annual piece of research compiled by Opinium on behalf of Barclays.
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Leicester scientist reaches the final of BBC Astronauts competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-reaches-the-final-of-bbc-astronaut-competition
Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing in the sixth and final episode of ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ this Sunday on BBC Two at 8pm. Reaching the final of the televised competition has been a long and gruelling process.
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Global Cities: the View from Asia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7212
Module code: HS7212 The role of a city is one that is ever changing. Historically, city-dwellers made up only a small percentage of the global population but, due to mass urbanisation over the past 200 years, this has grown to over half the world's inhabitants.
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Global Cities: the View from Asia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7212
Module code: HS7212 The role of a city is one that is ever changing. Historically, city-dwellers made up only a small percentage of the global population but, due to mass urbanisation over the past 200 years, this has grown to over half the world's inhabitants.
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Global Cities: the View from Asia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs7212
Module code: HS7212 The role of a city is one that is ever changing. Historically, city-dwellers made up only a small percentage of the global population but, due to mass urbanisation over the past 200 years, this has grown to over half the world's inhabitants.
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Dr. Jenny Carter is the 2021 Caroline Herschel Lectureship Winner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/25/dr-jenny-carter-is-the-2021-caroline-herschel-lectureship-winner/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Carter of Leicester’s Planetary Science Group on being awarded the prestigious 2021 Caroline Herschel Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Research to understand peatland policy ‘on the ground’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/peatlands
Postgraduate research at the University of Leicester is seeking to understand how peatland policy is implemented at a local level, gaining insights from NGOs, farmers, landowners, researchers, and policymakers