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Late Victorian Gothic: Texts and Contexts
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en3128
Module code: EN3128 Although the genre of supernatural fiction known as 'Gothic' first came to prominence in the late 18th century, its preoccupations with transgression, terror and taboos, as well as its opposition to standard forms of realism, have re-emerged at...
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English and Education
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en2196
Module code: EN2196 The module is based around a 10-week school placement during the Spring term, usually visiting one half-day or full-day per week (the exact dates and times to be agreed directly between yourself and the student).
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Late Victorian Gothic: Texts and Contexts
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en3128
Module code: EN3128 Although the genre of supernatural fiction known as 'Gothic' first came to prominence in the late 18th century, its preoccupations with transgression, terror and taboos, as well as its opposition to standard forms of realism, have re-emerged at...
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Expert opinions cover emergency planning and preventing extremism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/expert-opinions-cover-emergency-planning-and-preventing-extremism
Lucy Easthope, an associate tutor in the Civil Safety and Security Unit within the School of Business, has written an article on the Manchester bombings for the Guardian. Read the article '"I’m an emergency planner.
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Events archive
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/archive
Browse our archive of past events in the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester.
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Personal statements
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/how-to-apply/applications/personal-statements
Personal statements: what they are, why they’re important and what to include and avoid - plus some suggestions from our admissions tutors.
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The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/television
Read the article "The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration
Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.
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A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research
A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of immune cells contributes towards the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
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Invitation to Launch of New Luciad, 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/06/17/invitation-to-launch-of-new-luciad-2015/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on June 17, 2015 You are all warmly invited to the launch of the 2015 edition of The New Luciad , the University of Leicester’s Creative Writing magazine. The event will take place in the Library Bookshop at 5.