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Scientific Inference
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa4602
Module code: PA4602 Science is not about certainty but dealing with uncertainty through rigorous testing, and one of the tools used to accomplish this is statistical inference. Data analysis and statistical thinking are essential aspects of all modern science.
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Criminology in the News
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3027
Module code: CR3027 We only have to check social media, switch on the television, or pick up a newspaper to see headlines about crime and victimisation, and to realise how relevant to everyday life the study of criminology has become.
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Terrorism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr2025
Module code: CR2025 What are the factors that motivate and sustain terrorist organisations? What is the role of counter-terrorism measures and culture in contemporary controversies, such as the infringement of civil liberties? Many scholars have drawn on the medical model and...
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The Medieval Natural World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3696
Module code:HS3696 Our idea of the natural world is in inextricably linked to our material one, and our attempt to order and control nature – this has been one of humanity’s greatest intellectual challenges.
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Agile Cloud Automation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co4217
Module code: CO4217 Cloud-based software system development involves a wide range of languages and notations, from high-level business modelling languages to low-level scripting languages, with many different abstraction facilities.
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Critical Approaches to Data Analytics and the Digital Economy
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7087
Module code: MS7087 This module gives you a critical understanding of the implications that new technologies and platforms have on social, economic and political life.
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British United People
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/british-united-people
The British United People collection is comprised of interviews with former employees of the British United Shoe Machinery Company, in 2012 and 2013. Learn more about the project.
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Corporate reform manifesto to be launched at Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/corporate-reform-manifesto-to-be-launched-at-westminster
Professor Martin Parker (pictured) from the School of Management will be a guest speaker at a People's Parliamentary debate at Westminster on 2 March, where he will be speaking on issues outlined in the Corporate Reform Collective's Manifesto to enact change.
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Whats in a name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/whats-in-a-name
A senior lecturer from the University of Leicester has discussed ‘the politics of naming’ in a debate with the editor of The Independent over the city name: Mumbai or Bombay.
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Cultures of the Caribbean past and present in podcast
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/cultures-of-the-caribbean-past-and-present-in-podcast
A Leicester archaeologist has launched a new podcast that explores the fascinating history of the Caribbean Islands as told through its objects.