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Football and Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3057
Module code: SY3057 As the world's most popular sport, football plays a significant role in global society. Its stars are global celebrities who earn millions from their clubs and endorsements.
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Football and Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3057
Module code: SY3057 As the world's most popular sport, football plays a significant role in global society. Its stars are global celebrities who earn millions from their clubs and endorsements.
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Botanic Garden in East Midlands in Bloom competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/botanic-garden-in-east-midlands-in-bloom-competition
For the past 8 years Oadby & Wigston has achieved a Gold Award for the Borough’s entry into East Midlands in Bloom. The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden takes pride of place in this effort.
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Film highlights experiences of children in the Calais Jungle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-hosts-film-highlighting-plight-of-children-in-the-calais-jungle
Calais Children: a Case to Answer, a film which highlights the plight of almost 2,000 lone children who were in the Calais ‘Jungle’ when it was burnt down at the end of 2016, will be screened in the Attenborough Film Theatre at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 May...
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University research supports project to reduce air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/university-research-supports-project-to-reduce-air-pollution
EarthSense, a joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and the University of Leicester, is working with Oxfordshire County Council and ‘connected vehicle’ company Tantalum to gain a better understanding of the impact of road traffic on dynamic air quality.
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Go-ahead given for business school in new city location and state-of-the-art student facilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/go-ahead-given-for-business-school-in-new-city-location-and-state-of-the-art-student-facilities
Two developments critical to the future of our University have received the go-ahead. The projects are part of the University’s £500 million estates investment programme and construction is due to start in the coming months.
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-carceral-archipelago/about-the-project
The overall goal of this study is to provide a theoretical, empirical and analytical approach to the transnational, or global, study of convict transportation and its legacies, and its relationship to the history of labour, migration, and confinement.
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Dennis Smith
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/dennis-smith
We have learned with sadness of the recent death of Professor Dennis Smith, who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1970s. Professor Smith passed away in February 2024.
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Checklist for international students
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/advice/checklist
A checklist for our international students offering guidance on how to prepare for coming to the UK, with links to useful websites.
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Professor Sir Bob Burgess (1947-2022)
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/professor-bob-burgess
Read more about Professor Sir Robert ‘Bob’ Burgess who was the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of the Leicester University so far.