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Sakura celebration: Students plant ‘symbol of Japan’ on Leicester campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/cherry-blossom
The tree planting was lent special significance in the University’s Centenary year, as Leicester’s first international student, Tamotsu Shishikura, came to the University College from Tokyo to study English between 1922 and 1924.
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World Refugee Day: transforming lives through education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/world-refugee-day
On World Refugee Day, the University of Leicester is celebrating the transformative power of education to change lives, and the diversity that enriches the student population and staff.
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Ill Effects
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/ill-effects/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 A bi-weekly research-informed series on media “influences” hosted by academics Ben Litherland and Richard McCulloch.
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Power and Difference in the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3089
Module code: AR3089 The past was not like the present. In this module we explore the different worlds of Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain. We explore how power worked, the ways in which identity and personhood operated and how communities came together and broke apart.
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Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl1104
Module code: GL1104 Where do the materials in my mobile phone come from? Should we mine in the Arctic? What are the viable alternatives to fossil fuels? How does the discovery of diamonds change the history of a country? Natural resources are the fundamental basis for the way...
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Power and Difference in the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3089
Module code: AR3089 The past was not like the present. In this module we explore the different worlds of Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain. We explore how power worked, the ways in which identity and personhood operated and how communities came together and broke apart.
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Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl1104
Module code: GL1104 Where do the materials in my mobile phone come from? Should we mine in the Arctic? What are the viable alternatives to fossil fuels? How does the discovery of diamonds change the history of a country? Natural resources are the fundamental basis for the way...
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January blues Students Union launches 2018 with destress events to ease exam nerves
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/january-blues-student2019s-union-launches-2018-with-de-stress-events-to-ease-exam-nerves
January marks the start of a new year, and, for students across the University, the beginning of exam season. Hours spent in the library revising and writing essays can leave you feeling stressed out and tired.
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Genetically modified bacteria to help combat muscle fatigue being developed by students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/genetically-modified-bacteria-to-help-combat-muscle-fatigue-being-developed-by-students
A team of second-year students are taking part in the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), in which they are required to modify bacteria to fulfil a useful task.
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Waste Busters
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/primary-programmes/waste-busters
Learn more about the Waste Busters programme that we offer to primary school children.