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Military History Live event in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/military-history-live-event-in-leicester
An Alumnus of the University who was involved in the establishment of the Centre for Hate Studies at Leicester is launching his book at a Military History Live event in Leicester.
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How Muhammad Ali changed the way we see sport
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/how-muhammad-ali-changed-the-way-we-see-sport
Muhammad Ali, who passed away last week at the age of 74, changed the way we see sport and the inequalities that both feed and dramatise it, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Africa Research Group launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/11-africa-research-group
The Africa Research Group is a new group which will bring together projects and research taking place across the University on Africa, Africans in Diaspora and African Heritage communities.
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New community counting materials for children launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/new-community-counting-materials-for-children-launched
Maths materials featuring local schoolchildren, adults and celebrities will be launched at an event at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 4 July.
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Leicesters clinical trials expertise highlighted in international review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester2019s-clinical-trials-expertise-highlighted-in-international-review
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Registered Clinical Trials Units Network has announced that 46 clinical trials units - including the University of Leicester’s Clinical Trials Unit - have been successfully registered following the 2017 Registration Review...
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Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest
Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.
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How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/how-the-enclosure-of-common-land-sparked-riots-revolts-and-resistance-in-the-midlands
A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins Lecture on 5 May.
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Everybody Counts
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/everybody-counts
The Everybody Counts project aims to provide children aged 4 to 12 in the local community with imaginative educational materials to help improve their numeracy skills.
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Leicester ranked in UK top 25 universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/27-the-world-ranking
The Times Higher World Rankings have placed The University 167th in the world and in the 25 best universities in the UK.
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Sounds for the Future
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/07/05/sounds-for-the-future/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on July 5, 2022 In July 2022, the Sounds for the Future project has been up and running for two months and this blog looks at the reasons for running the project, what we have done so far and the issues this has raised.