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Ecology, Climate and Land-use processes of the Amazon Tropical Forests
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3440
Module code: GY3440 This module focusses on modern concepts in ecology and the connections between climate and land-use processes. The module aims to understand, quantify and predict the future of the Amazon forests in a changing world.
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General Translation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ts1005
Module code: TS1005 This module is taught via a combination of practical lectures; that will introduce and illustrate the concepts of the translation brief (which specifies the purpose of a translation assignment amongst other details) and skopos, as well as workshops that...
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Business Economics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ec7402
Module code: MN7402 By taking this module, you’ll be able to explain the importance, relevance and contribution of economics to the framing, modelling and analysing of firm performance.
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Our research experts
https://le.ac.uk/research/experts
Join us in world-changing research at the University of Leicester. Our diverse community tackles critical issues from viruses to social justice. Be part of a vibrant, inclusive environment.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/research
Explore the Materials Centre research including their past and current projects.
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Study shows regularly standing up helps prevent Type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-shows-standing-up-helps-prevent-type-2-diabetes
Women who have an inactive daily routine and are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the condition by regularly standing up or walking for five minutes at a time, a new study has found.
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Philip Larkins secret selfies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/philip-larkins-secret-selfies
For the first time, photographs taken by the poet Philip Larkin have been collected together from thousands held by the Larkin archive in Hull. Larkin had a long history with the University.
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Local Freemasons donate 32000 to fund University research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/local-freemasons-donate-ps32-000-to-fund-university-research
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity has donated £32,000 to the University to fund research into visual impairments and the impact these have on different groups and their reading abilities.
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Pyramid of Geezers how to assemble a perfect human pyramid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/pyramid-of-geezers
Physics students have calculated the formula for a perfect human pyramid – and have found that the best suited candidates to achieve maximum height are groups of men, women and children.
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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.