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Theory in Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar2029
Module code: AR2029 What kinds of critical tools are out there to help us understand the past? What was gender like in the past? How are politics and the past entwined? How was the past different from the present? How does archaeology make us think...
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PhD researcher publishes Parliamentary briefing into role science can play in international relations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/phd-researcher-publishes-parliamentary-briefing-into-role-science-can-play-in-international-relations
Emmeline Ledgerwood from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has published a briefing on Science Diplomacy based on research conducted during her 3-month RCUK policy fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in London.
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Flickering of young stars reveals previously unknown link with black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/flickering-of-young-stars-reveals-previously-unknown-link-with-black-holes
An international team of astronomers, including Dr Simon Vaughan from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has discovered a previously unknown link between the way young stars grow and the way black holes and other exotic space objects feed from their surroundings.
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Academic receives prestigious engineering fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/academic-receives-prestigious-engineering-fellowship
Professor Stephen Garrett from the Departments of Engineering and Mathematics, is among seven researchers to have received a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering this year.
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Study to help prevent the development of diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/study-to-help-prevent-diabetes
Diabetes experts are carrying out a study to find the best way of screening people with learning disabilities to prevent them from developing diabetes. They are also looking at developing an education programme to help individuals as well as their family and carers.
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Research shows social media is beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-shows-social-media-is-beneficial-for-sharing-and-building-upon-patient-experiences
Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms can be useful tools for helping patients with rare medical diseases exchange knowledge and build communities, research led by Dr Stefania Vicari from the Department of Media and Communication has found.
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The unruly Christmas party of the Tudor period
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/the-unruly-christmas-party-of-the-tudor-period
Christmas can be a time for drunken parties, rowdy festive shenanigans and embarrassing behaviour, but getting intoxicated at Christmas and causing mischief is not an exclusively modern phenomenon, according to Leicester researchers.
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Joe Orton: Leicester’s literary anarchist
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/literary-anarchist
Dr Emma Parker explores the cultural significance of literary anarchist and Leicester native Joe Orton, over a half a century since his death.
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Academic comments on the rise of kids activities being marketed to adults
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/academic-comments-on-the-rise-of-kids2019-activities-being-marketed-to-adults
Dr Jane Pilcher from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology has been featured in an article for The Guardian discussing why kids’ activities – such as bouncy castles and ballpits - are now being marketed to grown men and women.
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Engineering Building takes pride of place in East Midlands fbe Awards 2017
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/engineering-building-takes-pride-of-place-in-east-midlands-fbe-awards-2017
The refurbishment of the Engineering Building roof at our University has been crowned the overall winner at the East Midlands fbe Awards 2017.