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Modern Sociological Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/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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Illuminating collection of rare books in new Library exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/illuminating-collection-of-rare-books-in-new-library-exhibition
A new exhibition “Light” dedicated to the International Year of Light, an initiative of the United Nations, opens this week in the University Library.
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Taking to new heights to help beat cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/taking-to-new-heights-to-help-beat-cancer
A Leicester man is taking fundraising to new heights – 15,000ft, to be precise. on Saturday 8 August 2015 at Hibaldstow Airfield in Lincolnshire.
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Lecture to explore the science of colour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/lecture-to-explore-the-science-of-colour
Why is fire yellow? Why is your gas hob blue? What makes traffic lights red, amber and green? These phenomena and many others will be examined in a free public lecture on Thursday 17 September at the Ground Floor Lecture Theatre 3 of the Ken Edwards Building at 6.30pm.
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Expert opinions cover Jupiters composition air pollution and bees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-jupiter-and-air-pollution
Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing our understanding of the giant planet Jupiter and its bulk composition.
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Highlights from our postgraduate research community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/highlights-from-our-postgraduate-research-community
The Graduate School has announced the publication of the second Issue of Frontier, the postgraduate research magazine for and by postgraduate students of the University of Leicester.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/people
Learn more about the staff in the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare at the University of Leicester.
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Early Modern Fantasies and Fears
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en2303
Module code: EN2303 Although horror and fantasy were only formalised as distinct genres in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, both have very deep roots.
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Astrophysics, Astrochemistry and Astrobiology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt2001
Module code: NT2001 This module examines one of the greatest questions mankind has ever asked: are we alone? It is only recently that humanity has started to gain the tools that will allow a rigorous scientific analysis of the issues involved in the search for life in...
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The Marc Fitch House
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/about/marc-fitch-house
The Centre for English Local History is based at the Marc Fitch House. Read more about the Centre's premises and facilities, which includes the Marc Fitch Fund library.