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Come with us if you want to live [digitally]!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/11/09/come-with-us-if-you-want-to-live-digitally/
Posted by vanderenden in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 9, 2018 With a new T-shirt (hence the Terminator reference) and a new theme (assessment and feedback) the Digital Innovation Partnership is back with a bang.
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Leicester MP learns how city university supports communities and shapes national policy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/leicester-mp-shivani-raja-visits-university
The University of Leicester welcomed one of the city’s new MPs to campus to showcase the work it does with local businesses, communities and at national policy level.
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Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry
Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.
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How to ace the assessment centre…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/careerdevelopmentservice/2015/10/13/assessment-centres/
Posted by Marie Muir in Career Development Service on October 13, 2015 You’re at an assessment centre. It’s been a long gruelling day already, and it’s only lunch time.
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The power of twitter as a communication tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/the-power-of-twitter-as-a-communication-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 http://fordschool.umich.edu/video/newest/1975704207001/ Useful video of a lecture by CEO Dick Costollo at the Ford School on November 2012.
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/goto
GOTO is designed to fill this observational gap by searching for optical signals in the electromagnetic spectrum that might indicate the source of the gravitational waves – quickly locating the source and using that information to direct a fleet of telescopes, satellites and...
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Thought piece: The problem with Apollo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-problem-with-apollo
Apollo 11 launches Apollo 11 launches| As the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface approaches, Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Lecturer in International Relations, School of History, Politics and International Relations, discusses the problems with Apollo.
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Banning of burquinis is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship expert suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/banning-of-2018burquinis2019-is-a-step-towards-depriving-muslim-women-of-equal-citizenship-expert-suggests
The recent banning of the ‘burquini’ in Cannes is a step towards depriving Muslim women of equal citizenship, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.
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Founding benefactors families event: The Clarkes and the Gees
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/04/06/founding-benefactors-families-event-the-clarkes-and-the-gees/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 6, 2018 In collaboration with colleagues from our Development and Alumni Relations Office , Archives and Special Collections recently contributed to an event welcoming to campus the descendants of some of our...
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Leicester experts to feature at national Festival of Social Science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/festival-social-science
University of Leicester researchers will showcase the real-world impact of their work at the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s Festival of Social Science in November.