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Media and Democracy
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7054
Module code: MS7054 Module Outline The module deals with theories of democracy and the responsibility of the media; the issues of press freedom and freedom of speech; media, elections and political participation; media and public policy; political and economic pressure and...
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Genomes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs2009
Module code: BS2009 This module will illustrate the techniques of modern molecular genetics that are being applied to investigate the organisation, evolution and maintenance of the integrity of genomes, and provides “hands on” experience of many of the relevant...
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Microbial Biotechnology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs3068
Module code: BS3068 This module covers selected aspects of microbial biochemistry that are of particular importance to the commercial and environmental exploitation of micro-organisms.
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Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/21/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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New advance announced in fight against Alzheimers and Parkinsons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-advance-announced-in-fight-against-alzheimers-and-parkinsons
A five-year study by an international team led by Leicester has found a way of ‘reversing’ symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s – using fruit flies as test subjects.
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Jupiters jawdropping north pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/jupiters-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system
Last week NASA's Juno spacecraft sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter's north pole, taken during the spacecraft's first flyby of the planet with its instruments switched on.
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Breakthrough for firm working to protect satellites from ‘space bullets’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/space-bullet
A company based at the University of Leicester working on a pioneering system to save the space industry billions every year has successfully demonstrated the operation of its technology in orbit.
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Lecturer clinches early career award for outstanding work in pharmacy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/scott
Sion Scott, a lecturer in behavioural medicine and lead postgraduate tutor at the University of Leicester is the winner of the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award’ (OPERA) 2024
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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...
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More on overtime
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/more-on-overtime/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 How much overtime do British workers do? The Office for National Statistics has Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) .