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The Politics of Slavery
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl3121
Module code: PL3121 Slavery is now outlawed in every recognised society but, despite this, its effect still continues to be felt around the world. Estimates suggest up to 70 million people worldwide are being kept in some form of slavery.
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Tribute by Colin Hide
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/john-bradshaw/tribute
John spent most of his working life at the University; firstly as a chargehand within the Sport Grounds Service, then a senior chargehand and finally being promoted to the post of Head Groundsman.
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29th August 2013 Sol 378
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/29/29th-august-2013-sol-378/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2013 We are now about 300 m from Waypoint1. That is one of the stopping off points on the way to the clay-rich horizon of Mt. Sharp.
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Relive the amazing discovery of King Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/relive-the-amazing-discovery-of-king-richard-iii
An historic and scientific exploration of the work that went into finding and identifying the lost remains of King Richard III will be held by the University of Leicester during the week of his reinterment.
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Derbyshire Record Office
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/12/15/derbyshire-record-office/
A page describing the collections the UOSH Midlands team preserved from the Derbyshire Record Office.
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The “Pains of Imprisonment”: an historical sociology of penal transportation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/11/11/the-pains-of-imprisonment-an-historical-sociology-of-penal-transportation/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 11, 2016 A few years ago, the eminent scholar of the Russian Gulag , Professor Judith Pallot , challenged me to consider the relevance of the sociology of incarceration as a means of understanding convict...
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How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/how-the-enclosure-of-common-land-sparked-riots-revolts-and-resistance-in-the-midlands
A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins Lecture on 5 May.
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E-Assessment
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/teaching/e-assessment
How to release quiz feedback to students Find information on how to release quiz feedback to students (Word docx., 154kb). For more information on using ExamSoft with Leicester Medical students, email Terese Bird.
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Joe Orton on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc
Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.
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Sally Kyd
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/sally-kyd
Sally joined the University of Leicester as an undergraduate, studied here for her PhD, joined the teaching staff, was appointed Professor – and eventually became the first female Head of Leicester Law School.