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Glimpses of the young David Attenborough in the University Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/09/glimpses-of-the-young-david-attenborough-in-the-university-archives/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 9, 2016 It’s well known that David and Richard Attenborough, along with their brother John, spent part of their early lives living on the campus of what was then University College, Leicester.
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Invisible Hands, and the Market as Storytelling
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/10/23/invisible-hands-and-the-market-as-storytelling/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on October 23, 2017 Valerie Hamilton, co-author of Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England with Martin Parker from ULSB muses on the way in which Adam Smith and subsequent economists have used the famous metaphor of an...
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Trump and the risks of narcissistic leadership
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/12/01/trump-and-the-risks-of-narcissistic-leadership/
Posted by mstein in School of Business Blog on December 1, 2016 Professor Mark Stein discusses how Donald Trump shows signs of being a narcissistic leader – and why people have good reason to be concerned.
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Libby Jackson on 20 Years of ISS – National Space Centre Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/29/libby-jackson-on-20-years-of-iss-national-space-centre-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 October 2020 Join the National Space Centre for a Facebook live Q&A with Libby Jackson, from the UK Space Agency, on 4 November at 19:00.
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Leicester Cathedral dig finds coffin of asylum surgeon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the coffin of the first resident medical officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum in 1836.
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Broadening our international horizons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/10/11/broadening-our-international-horizons/
Menu Close University Leadership Team Home Broadening our international horizons Broadening our international horizons Posted by on October 11, 2016 When I was 10 years old I bought myself a ‘Teach yourself Chinese’ book.
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2019
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019
Fahad Sadah, computer science student Professor Sir Hans Kornberg, former Head of the Department of Biochemistry Rachel Abounouar, ELTU Manager John Bradshaw, former Head Groundskeeper Sab Bhaumik, Honorary Professor in Psychiatry Simon North, a...
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Space researcher shares her inspiring story and advice to young women and girls hoping to work in STEM
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/hannah-sargeant-iwd
Dr Hannah Sargeant from the University of Leicester School of Physics and Astronomy shares her journey to becoming a planetary scientist.
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A story to … awaken thrilling horror
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/31/a-story-to-awaken-thrilling-horror/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 31, 2016 University of Leicester Special Collections. Frontispiece to the first illustrated edition of Frankenstein, drawn by Theodor von Holst and engraved by W. Chevalier.
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Conference World and the Avoidance of Thought
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/08/27/conference-world-and-the-avoidance-of-thought/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on August 27, 2015 Having just returned from another major international conference, Professor Martin Parker is coming to suspect that they’re rarely worth the fuss At the beginning of August, what must surely be the largest...