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Former childrens laureate Michael Morpurgo to speak to packed audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/former-children2019s-laureate-michael-morpurgo-to-speak-to-packed-audience
The University is to welcome the popular and award-winning children’s writer Michael Morpurgo as he delivers its 2017 Annual Creative Writing Lecture this week to a packed house.
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Motor Cities
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities
Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...
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Honorary graduates January 2018 Peter Tom
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/honorary-graduates-january-2018-peter-tom
Peter Tom, Chairman of Leicester Rugby Football Club, known better as Leicester Tigers, received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from our University at our graduation ceremonies on Thursday 25 January.
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Athena SWAN Award for Archaeology and Ancient History
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-athena-swan-bronze-archaeology
We are pleased to announce that the School of Archaeology and Ancient History (SAAH) has received an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of its commitment to advancing gender equality in higher education. Led by Dr Sarah Scott, the award is valid until 2022.
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Weird Fiction/Weird Film
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en3035
Module code: EN3035 The first decades of the twentieth century saw rapid upheaval in several disciplines of knowledge: Howard Carter’s excavations in Egypt, Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto, and the work of Freud and Einstein, radically rewrote conceptions of history, space, and...
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Weird Fiction/ Weird Film
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3035
Module code: EN3035 The first decades of the twentieth century saw rapid upheaval in several disciplines of knowledge –Howard Carter’s excavations in Egypt, Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto, and the work of Freud and Einstein, radically rewrote conceptions of history, space, and...
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Weird Fiction/Weird Film
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en3035
Module code: EN3035 The first decades of the twentieth century saw rapid upheaval in several disciplines of knowledge: Howard Carter’s excavations in Egypt, Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto, and the work of Freud and Einstein, radically rewrote conceptions of history, space, and...
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Alumna wins top science writers award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/alumna-wins-top-science-writers-award
A Leicester graduate has won an Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) award for 'Best News Item' for her story about an ancient shipwreck victim.
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UKRI Open Access Policy Refresher
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/12/13/ukri-open-access-policy-refresher-jan-9-2024/
Information on an event for University of Leicester researchers providing an update on UKRI's Open Access Policy.
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Lily Skelton
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/lily_skelton/
UK Disability History Month 2022: The Mosaic Oral History Collection Posted by Lily Skelton in Library and Learning Services on November 18, 2022 16 November to 16 December 2022 is UK Disability History Month, an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of...