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Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s Convict Population
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/17/unwell-or-unwanted-the-mental-health-of-western-australias-convict-population/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016 By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829.
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Protection for Whom? Aboriginal rights in the Swan River Colony
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/05/15/protection-for-whom-aboriginal-rights-in-the-swan-river-colony/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on May 15, 2016 by Kellie Moss Captain Stirling’s exploring party 50 miles up the Swan River, Western Australia, March, 1827 http://nla.gov.au/nla.
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Secrets of rare Iron Age cauldrons revealed through archaeological investigation and replica creation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/iron-age-cauldrons-archaeological-replica
Detailed laboratory examination and analysis of the fragile 2,400 year old cauldrons has revealed new information of their manufacture and long-term maintenance and have been used to create a full-sized replica cauldron
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Exciting Autumn programme launched at Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/attenborough-arts-centre-autumn-programme-leicester
Attenborough Arts Centre’s new autumn season features a range of thought-provoking exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, together delivering on the organisation’s mission of ‘Art For All’.
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Academic, external and visiting staff
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/people/academic
View the academic team working within Engineering at Leicester. Explore staff profiles, research interests and contact details.
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Trees in tropical logged forests release carbon at greater rate despite faster growth, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/carbon-trees
University of Leicester-led research focusing on the carbon dioxide produced by tree stems shows that individual trees in tropical forests impacted by logging produce more carbon dioxide per m2 of woody stem area than those in unaffected forests
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University of Leicester provides outstanding teacher training, says Ofsted
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/teacher-training
Ofsted, the government inspector of educational institutions has concluded that University of Leicester's initial teacher training courses are of the highest standard.
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Leicester supports post-COVID regional recovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/uuk-getting-results
The University of Leicester is working with employers, partners and local leaders to help support post-COVID regional recovery in the East Midlands, by encouraging skills growth, create jobs and help retain expertise and knowledge within the area.
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Leicester sports sociologist examines the making of British football
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/john-williams-book
The history of British football and its people is the subject of a book from University of Leicester sports sociologist, John Williams.
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Putting satellite data in farmers’ hands to improve food security
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/farming-earth-observation
PhD project at University of Leicester aims to get more farmers in Kenya and the UK using Earth Observation (E.O) data, allowing them to plan better for extreme weather, boosting climate resilience and food security