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May Day: early 19th century traditions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...
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Astrodynamics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt4011
Module code: NT4011 The Physics Skills Electives are designed to help you improve your skills and enhance your career options in industry, education, research and/or business.
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Microbiologist honoured with bug named after him
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/microbiologist-has-bug-named-after-him
Microbiologist Bill Grant (pictured), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades - he has a bug named after him.
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Leicester graduate helps Team GB win Olympic gold medal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-graduate-helps-team-gb-win-olympic-gold-medal
A law graduate has helped Team GB win an Olympic gold medal.
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Richard III experts discuss how the project illustrates university research is changing for the better
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-research-team-discuss-how-the-project-illustrates-how-university-research-is-changing
Experts on Richard III have provided a series of insightful opinion pieces about the last Plantagenet king where they discuss their research, contemplate how University research is changing and address concerns that the remains may not be those of Richard III.
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Historic England to view work on preserving iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/historic-england-to-view-work-on-preserving-iconic-engineering-building
Painstaking work to replace the iconic roof of our historic Engineering Building is to be examined by heritage experts this week.
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International team put single molecules in super-fridge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/international-team-put-single-molecules-in-super-fridge
An international team of researchers led by our University has for the first time observed how a single two-atom-large molecule rotates in the coldest liquid known in nature.
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Early Christian Europe
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3012
Module code: AR3012 How quickly did Christianity spread in the Roman world? How visible is late Roman Christianity in Britain? What is the archaeology of missionary activity? What types of monasteries existed? What can early Christian art tell us of...
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International Ocean Discovery Program
https://le.ac.uk/iodp
Learn more about The International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3); a marine research collaboration that explores Earth’s history and dynamics.
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SAPPHIRE
https://le.ac.uk/sapphire
Our research encompasses understanding problems in clinical and healthcare quality and safety, informing the design of interventions that could help, and conducting process evaluations of improvement programmes and interventions.