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My Empire Reborn: Justinian and his Age
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3083
Module code: AH3083 The reign of Justinian (AD 527-565) was one of great upheaval and significance. His lengthy rule saw ambitious wars to reclaim lost territories (including Italy itself), the outbreak of plague, urban riots and palace intrigues, heresy and religious division.
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Automata, Languages and Computation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co2011
Module code: CO2011 In this module we will be primarily concerned with what computers can do. It turns out that there are problems that cannot be solved by computer or, at least, by machines corresponding to the mathematical models of computers we shall present.
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Chemistry researcher joins next series of Great British Bake Off
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/joshua-smalley-bake-off
Dr Joshua Smalley is to be a contestant on the next series of the Great British Bake Off.
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Managing older people in emergency settings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/managing-older-people-in-emergency-settings
The challenges and solutions in for clinicians dealing with older people in emergency settings will be explored in a course designed fill gaps in knowledge and understanding.
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Diana Davey
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/diana-davey
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Diana Davey, a cherished member of Leicester Services Partnership, who left us on 13 September 2024. Diana was 56 years old.
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News and Events
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/ceah/news
News Latest news will appear here. Events Occasional Lecture Series 2024 27 June 2024. Ruth Young, Coastal archaeologies and heritages of the recent past in Jaffna, Sri Lanka 20 June 2024.
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Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema
A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.
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University to host encore of Sir David Attenboroughs public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-to-host-2018encore2019-of-sir-david-attenborough2019s-public-lecture
Sir David Attenborough’s lecture for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture series entitled ‘Beauty in Nature’, which was originally delivered in January 2016 at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, is to be screened for the public.
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Archaeologists recover Iron Age pottery at site in Welford
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/archaeologists-recover-iron-age-pottery-at-site-in-welford
University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) has carried out an archaeological excavation of an Iron Age settlement at Newlands Road in Welford, Northants on behalf of Mears New Homes.
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Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer
This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.