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Pre-Modern Towns Group
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/pre-modern-towns-group
The Centre for Urban History (CUH) is a major, international centre for research on the past of towns and cities. Find out more details on The University of Leicester website.
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Distributed Systems and Applications
Module code: CO7090 Computer networks and distributed applications have a paramount role in everyday life. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine stand-alone systems or applications. Practically, any modern computing device offers the possibility of being connected with other devices.
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Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy2153
Module code: GY2153 During this module students will develop the skills required to undertake research in human geography, including how to review the literature and come up with their own research questions, how to formulate aims and objectives of their research,...
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Using maps to find out about the past
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-research/using-maps
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This guide gives tips and advice on using old maps to provide topographical and other information about places that is not readily available from other sources.
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Beasts and Boundaries: Sociology, Science, and Nature
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3089
Module code: SY3089 This module begins with the question: what does it mean to be human in the twenty-first century? This question has become a troubling one for a number of reasons.
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Analysing Media Discourse
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3083
Module code: SY3083 Language is central to the way the media operate. Whether in written, spoken or graphical form, the linguistic and interactional properties of communication underpin all contemporary media genres.
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Leicester makes top 20 for UK global health research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-makes-top-20-for-uk-global-health-research
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) and Medsin-UK has launched the first UK University Global Health Research League Table in the Houses of Parliament - and the University of Leicester is included in the top 20 UK institutions.
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Artistic PhD student pens animated message for World Diabetes Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/artistic-phd-student-pens-video-message-for-world-diabetes-day
A diabetes researcher at our University has combined science with art to produce a powerful awareness-raising message for World Diabetes Day.
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Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections
Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.
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Leicester fosters future biomedical research talent
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-fosters-future-biomedical-research-talent
The University is making a substantial investment into a critical mass of future biomedical research talent by announcing 27 new PhD studentships that will tackle some of the world’s most pressing and bioscience health issues.