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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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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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Debates in Archaeological Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1013
Module code: AR1013 ‘Heritage’ is a very powerful idea, and we will begin this module by thinking about what heritage actually is and what it means in the contemporary world.
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Dora's story 1: Living in Nazi Germany
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/learning/doras-story/nazi-germany
Living in Nazi Germany, offers a way in to Dora's life story through a series of ten extracts from the original interview.
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Differences between larks and owls clocked by geneticists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/differences-between-larks-and-owls-clocked-by-geneticists
A new study by researchers from the Department of Genetics has for the first time identified the genetic clues behind what makes you a ‘lark’ or an ‘owl’.
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University in new agreement with Japanese University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-in-new-agreement-with-japanese-university
The University of Leicester has forged a new partnership with the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT), paving the way for the two institutions to work more closely together.
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Leicester professor receives prestigious midwifery award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/25-midwifery-award-professor-jayne-marshall
Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery in the School of Allied Health Professions at the University of Leicester, was awarded the prestigious Achievement Award at the 2019 Midlands Maternity and Midwifery Festival Awards on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at King...
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Areas of research
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/exoplanet-research/research-areas
Explore the Centre for Exoplanet Research at the University of Leicester.
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Simon North
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/simon-north
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Simon North, a Cleaner for the University. Simon passed away on Wednesday 30 October, he is survived by his girlfriend Tara and was a loving father to his daughter Tania and grandfather to his two grandchildren.
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Advanced Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt4007
Module code: NT4007 The study of ecology and evolution is being revolutionised by the application of modern molecular genetic techniques such as genome sequencing using next-generation sequencing, and rapid genotyping methods (e.g.