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Mayer Agnes Zsofia
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/study/visiting-scholar-scheme/mayer-agnes-zsofia
I spent two semesters at the CUH during the academic year 2010-2011, as a Visiting Research Fellow, while I undertook research for my PhD Indian Migration in European Cities: Comparative experiences how Gujarati immigrants are reshaping Leicester and Milan.
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Volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/charnwood-roots/volunteering
Victoria County History Trust volunteer interviews We are looking for people to help with the following activities: Documentary research Historic building surveys Oral history interviews Community digs and fieldwalking Landscape surveys Transcription...
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What is oral history?
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/oral-history/what-is
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Find out how Oral History is defined and how it is useful for capturing stories, as a source of evidence and for investigating what people did and thought.
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Oral archive delves into post and pre-NHS East Midlands worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nhs-oral
To mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS, the University of Leicester has unearthed a treasure trove of spoken accounts of healthcare through the decades.
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Using Leicesters landmarks to get children counting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/using-leicester2019s-landmarks-to-get-children-counting
A new book by the School of Education is bringing maths to life for young children across Leicester by using images of familiar locations around the city to help them find numbers and practise counting.
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Expert opinions cover Brexit Zimbabwe Catalan and Euroscepticism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-zimbabwe-catalan-and-euroscepticism
Professor Adam Cygan from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article discussing how the County was divided over the question of Brexit and what the future may hold.
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Experts to explore what a good Brexit is for city and county
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/experts-to-explore-what-a-good-brexit-is-for-city-and-county
The roadmap to Leicester and Leicestershire’s post-Brexit prosperity is to be explored at a meeting of minds organised by our University that will see professional and academic expertise, and the general public answer the question: ‘What would a good Brexit look like for...
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Social events and activities
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/why-leicester/social
Find out more about the social events and activities which take place around the Presessional English Programme at Leicester.
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Modern-day insights from how segregationists sold their message on US television
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/how-segregationists-sold-their-message-on-us-television
The effective use of national television broadcasts by white segregationists during the civil rights movement could provide valuable insights into the persistence of white nationalism in the United States today in a project by a PhD student from the Universities of Leicester...
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Local science teacher meets idol, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock after student letter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/maggie
A local science teacher has met her after a student wrote her a letter to University of Leicester Chancellor, Maggie Aderin-Pocock.