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Modern Sociological Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3079
Module code: SY3079 This module examines a number of key works in contemporary sociological theory that have sought to understand major social phenomena, including the processes of change, such as climate change and the expansion of the human rights regime.
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Key Events in the Evolution of Planet Earth Viewed Through the Geological Lens of Wales - a field course
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl3114
Module code: GL3114 Journey through 150 million years of early Palaeozoic Earth history expressed through the rock succession of Wales, the birthplace of the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian systems.
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Expert opinions cover North Korea sex work and freedom of speech in Russia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-north-korea-sex-work-and-freedom-of-speech-in-russia
In an article for The Conversation, Professor Teela Sanders from the Department of Criminology has discussed the importance of moving towards a legal and policy framework which addresses the practicalities of sexual labour in the 21st century.
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Study in Nature provides potential for cancer treatment targets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/study-in-nature-provides-potential-for-cancer-treatment-targets
Researchers for our Department of Chemistry have been involved in new research, published in Nature, that provides potential for new targets for developing cancer treatments.
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The Guardian highlights Vardyquake project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-guardian-highlights-vardyquake-project
Vardyquake, the student geology project that achieved worldwide attention for calculating the seismic signals generated by Leicester fans cheering Jamie Vardy's goalscoring last year, has been featured in The Guardian's round-up of the winners and runners-up of its...
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/professional-services/estates/security/about
External partners and agencies We work closely with a number of different partners, agencies and are members of security associations in order to keep our community safe, including: Leicestershire Police Leicester City Council Oadby and Wigston Council ...
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Historic reception brings together people connected by a bloody history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historic-reception-brings-together-people-connected-by-a-bloody-history
Over 500 years after a brutal and bloody battle put to death Richard III, England’s last warrior king, and changed the destiny of the country, descendants from the warring factions are to come together for the first time in Leicester.
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New book on work-life balance by Professor of Management and colleagues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-book-on-work-life-balance-by-professor-of-management-and-colleagues
Professor Stephen Wood from our School of Business is among the editors of a new publication on work-life balance practices during the recent recession. Employers did not withdraw their work-life balance practices during the post-2008 recession.
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Archaeological Survey and Geomatics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar2028
Module code: AR2028 Why is accurate surveying critical to archaeological fieldwork? What is geomatics? What are the key surveying techniques used by archaeologists and what types of data do they yield? How do we apply these techniques in practice? How do...
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Landscape History
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/subject-tasters/landscape-history
Dr Richard Jones takes his students out into the field to explore the English Landscape and to discover what histories it can tell.