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Russian
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/russian
Study Russian courses for all levels at The University of Leicester.
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Explore our research
https://le.ac.uk/research
With a vibrant environment and research-intensive roots, there is nowhere better placed to research the unknown. Our world is a work in progress.
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Planetary Materials
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/planetary-science/planetary-materials
We study the evolution of Mars through a combination of mission involvement and analysing martian meteorites. Our research aims include to understand the nature of water-rock reaction in the martian crust and compositional differentiation of the lithosphere.
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The Age of Augustus
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2023
Module code: AH2023 How was Rome transformed under Augustus, the first emperor? Was Augustus’ rule a Roman Golden Age, or a totalitarian tyranny? What can poetry, architecture and religious ritual tell us about this period? Under Augustus (31 BC – 14 AD), Rome...
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Deconstructing Sparta
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2702
Module code: AH2702 Sparta is one of the most recognizable yet least understood cities of the ancient world.
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Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat
Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.9M that have been awarded funding by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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Students awaken the science of Star Wars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars
Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...
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Puppy power Students Union leads the way with pearls pasties and a new furry friend
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/puppy-power-students-union-leads-the-way-with-pearls-pasties-and-a-new-furry-friend
The Students’ Union has been busy over the summer renovating its food market - and welcoming the newest member to its team, Vinnie the black Labrador retriever. The Union has invested £200,000 in creating a ‘unique’ dining experience in time for Freshers’ Week.
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Attenborough Arts Centre winner at the Excellence in Tourism Awards for the second time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/attenborough-arts-centre-winner-at-the-excellence-in-tourism-awards-for-the-second-time
The Attenborough Arts Centre is thrilled to be the winner of the Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards 2015, under the Access for All category for a second year.
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Another Doctoral Grant success for School of Education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/another-doctoral-grant-success-for-school-of-education-phd-student
Keke Zhang of the School of Education has been awarded a 2015 TOEFL Doctoral Research Grant for her research into the development and validation of a rating scale for assessing argumentative essays written by Chinese undergraduates in English programmes.