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Holy Wars in Sacred Lands: Conflict and Coexistence during the Crusades
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2367
Module code: HS2367 The Crusades were undoubtedly one of the most famous episodes of religious conflict and a central phenomenon of the High Middle Ages.
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Ground-breaking Covid-19 work by University researchers wins award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/covid-award
Ground-breaking Covid-19 work by University researchers wins award
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Government issues record grant to University of Leicester to help students study abroad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/turing-grant-scheme
University of Leicester has been awarded over £1 million from the UK Government’s Turing Scheme
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New species of rare ancient worm discovered in fossil hotspot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-species-of-rare-ancient-worm-discovered-in-fossil-hotspot
A team of researchers including Leicester’s Professor David Siveter have discovered a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day velvet worms, in 430 million-years-old Silurian rocks in Herefordshire, UK.
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Gene inheritance for school and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-inheritance/gene-inheritance-school-colleges
Geneticists are interested in how genes, and the characteristics they influence, are passed on in families. Find out more by using our resources, designed for students in schools and colleges.
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White Dwarfs
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/white-dwarfs
White dwarfs are the end products of the life cycles of more than 90% of all stars. This makes them important laboratories for studying stellar evolution and the behaviour of matter at extremes of temperature and density.
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Researcher involved in discovery of tiny star with a monstrous temper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/researcher-involved-in-discovery-of-tiny-star-with-a-monstrous-temper
A tiny star with ‘a monstrous temper’ has been discovered by an international team of researchers, including Dr Sarah Casewell of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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Research suggests most hate crimes against LGB and T victims go unreported
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-suggests-most-hate-crimes-against-lgb-and-t-victims-go-unreported
Fear of how they will be treated is leading to thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGB and T) not reporting hate crimes.
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International tutors visit University to enhance English teaching
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/international-tutors-visit-university-to-enhance-english-teaching
The English Language Teaching Unit has organised a visit from a group of six English tutors from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) for a two week training course to develop their understanding of teaching English for...