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The shopping basket: a blend of physical and virtual?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/shopping-basket
Read the article "The shopping basket: a blend of physical and virtual?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Thinking sociologically about the history of convicts and penal colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/25/thinking-sociologically-about-the-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 25, 2016 In the early 1990s I had the privilege of studying with David Garland, then teaching and researching in Edinburgh University’s Law School.
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New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/highcross-dig-book
Roman curse tablets Intriguing evidence relates to two lead curse tablets, from the town house at Vine Street, which have transformed our understanding of who lived in the Roman town and their links to the wider Empire.
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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.
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Black Lives Matter
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/black-lives-matter
Academics in the Centre for American Studies have put together a list of resources for anyone interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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University of Leicester joins launch of AMAST Network to battle AMR in the agrifood system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/amast
Leicester scientists partner in new network to identify risks of antimicrobial resistance and barriers to action for farms and livestock producers
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University of Leicester extends leadership role in health and education in India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/university-leicester-apollo-leadership-health-education-india
The University of Leicester has built upon its leadership role in India by co-hosting the first-ever UK-India higher education summit for parents of students coming to study in the UK – and a pioneering health conference with strategic partner The Apollo Hospitals Group.
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Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/lung-health-genes
New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for potential therapeutics
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The Gillette Advert: The Power of a Story
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/01/23/the-gillette-advert-the-power-of-a-story/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on January 23, 2019 I can’t believe I’m going to write about it. That’s exactly what they want me to do. The new Gillette Advert is fantastic.
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Geographies of the Market Place
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3413
Module code: GY3413 This module explores the premise that the ‘economy’ swirls around us, systemically through ‘relations of flows’. It stems from the everyday, social, material, discursive and sensual interactions that define particular places that we call ‘marketplaces’.