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National accreditation for University Library Archives and Record Office
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/national-accreditation-for-university-library-archives-and-record-office
Our University Library and the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland have both been awarded Archives Service Accreditation.
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Fond farewell for Universitys sixth Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/fond-farewell-for-university2019s-sixth-chancellor
The University bids farewell to its Chancellor this week, as he presides over his final degree congregation on Friday 26 January. Lord Grocott has served for five years since he was installed as our Sixth Chancellor in January 2013.
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Using video
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/oral-history/using-video
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This guide offers practical hints and tips for using video - setting up the camera, making sure you are recording good sound, and framing the picture.
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Infrastructure
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/cpbe/about/infrastruture
Explore the world-class facilities at the University of Leicester's Centre for Palaeobiology.
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Former Leicester astronomers recall how they discovered the source of the dazzling Geminids meteor shower
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/former-leicester-astronomers-recall-how-they-discovered-the-source-of-the-dazzling-geminids-meteor-shower
The beautiful Geminids meteor shower is due to light up the heavens this weekend, but the source of the enigmatic cosmic display had eluded stargazers for more than 120 years.
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Beat those January exam blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beat-the-exam-blues
It's cold. It's wet. It's dark. Welcome to January. Most people suffer from a case of the 'January blues' but add exam worries to the mix and you really have got a gloomy prognosis.
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Study finds final year individual bonuses are counter-productive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/study-finds-final-year-individual-bonuses-are-counter-productive
A new study by researchers in the UK and Australia has found it makes better business sense to reward team performance rather than provide individual bonuses – and that group rewards generate the top-performing individuals.
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Prison rehabilitation researcher wins presenting challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/short-sentence-prison-rehabilitation-researcher-wins-presenting-challenge
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, held on 20 May 2015. The competition featured eleven excellent presentations from both full time and part time postgraduate researchers.
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Researcher suggests mainstream media is responsible for shallow coverage of antirape activism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/researcher-suggests-mainstream-media-is-responsible-for-shallow-coverage-of-anti-rape-activism
Dr Kaitlynn Mendes (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has argued in a new book that the mainstream media often neglects anti-rape activism by delivering ‘shallow’ coverage.
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Second successful season of fieldwork for archaeology students concludes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/second-successful-season-of-fieldwork-for-archaeology-students-concludes
An archaeological project aimed at giving students hands-on experience of excavating and uncovering real historical sites has turned up a host of historical information.