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History PGCE
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/courses/history
History is one of the oldest subjects in the school curriculum and has undergone something of a transformation in recent decades. We are committed to History being taught as a lively, thought-provoking subject.
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Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scientists-are-unravelling-the-reasons-why-mass-extinctions-have-occurred-throughout-history
Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history|Leicester research could help to predict approaching ecological catastrophes Leicester...
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Gender imbalance in film scripts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.
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UK Disability History Month 2022: Uncovering the history of the Fielding Johnson Building
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/11/24/uk-disability-history-month-2022-uncovering-the-history-of-the-fielding-johnson-building/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library and Learning Services on November 24, 2022 16 November to 16 December 2022 is UK Disability History Month , an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of the rights and dignity of disabled people.
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Jewish Britain on Film
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/jewish-britain-on-film/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters.
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Anna Rebus - History, consultancy and distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/anna-rebus
Anna Rebus, graduate of both the MA in Museum Studies and the MA in Heritage and Interpretation, discusses the path she took after obtaining her Masters from the University of Leicester.
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Web archive of 800 art resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/web-archive-of-800-art-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launched Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site provides access to an...
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Reimagining the Restoration: Samuel Pepys's diary and popular history
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/pepys-project
About the project Samuel Pepys’s lively diary of the 1660s describes major events such as the plague and the Great Fire of London, alongside his hectic private life.
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National Disability Arts Collection and Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/national-disability-arts-collection-and-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive based at Buckinghamshire New University is a national resource which tells the history of the disability arts movement in the UK.
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Political activism and disability in art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/political-activism-and-disability-in-art
Our University's new gallery at the Attenborough Arts Centre is to stage its inaugural exhibition from Wednesday 18 November 2015 to 17 January 2016.