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Activities and events
https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/events
Find out about past events and future events for the Wordsworth 2020 AHRC funded project for English research at Leicester.
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Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/leicester-international-institute
The Department of Chemistry is proud to be one of the first departments at Leicester to participate in this exciting new venture between the University of Leicester and Dalian University of Technology.
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Menopause Policy highlighted on BBC Sunday Politics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/menopause-policy-highlighted-on-bbc-sunday-politics
Menopause research that helped to shape a government report, and led to Leicester becoming the first UK University with a menopause policy, will be the subject of discussion during an upcoming episode of BBC Sunday Politics East Midlands.
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Grantham, Lincolnshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/lincolnshire/grantham
Listen to speakers from Grantham, Lincolnshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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Governments more likely to be responsive when strong public opposition is voiced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/governments-more-likely-to-be-responsive-when-strong-public-opposition-is-voiced
Governments often ignore public opposition to their policies but they are far less likely to do so when public opinion is strongly and consistently expressed through surveys and on the streets, says a University of Leicester Politics expert.
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Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/helping-hedgehogs-project-to-challenge-alarming-uk-wildlife-decline
Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the Botanic Garden on Saturday 24 October hopes to challenge this worrying trend.
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Genetics PhD students photograph wins University competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/genetics-phd-students-photograph-wins-university-competition
Shane Hussey, a PhD student in the Department of Genetics, has won the Graduate School’s second PhDepictions photography competition. The runner-up prize went to Joe Emmings of the Department of Geology.
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University conference celebrates publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-conference-celebrates-publication-of-the-selected-works-of-margaret-oliphant
A conference on the works of Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant, featuring literary experts from the UK, US and New Zealand hosted by the university’s Victorian Studies Centre will celebrate the publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, a 25 volume series...
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Students prepare for epic five-day Shakespeare Marathon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/students-prepare-for-epic-five-day-shakespeare-marathon
This spring marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and in commemoration, Leicester University Theatre (LUT) is taking on the challenge of performing the complete works of Shakespeare back-to-back, 24 hours a day from Monday 13 – Friday 17 June.
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Geology student presents on inspiring outreach work at international geological conference in Israel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/geology-student-presents-on-inspiring-outreach-work-at-international-geological-conference-in-israel
Third year Geology Undergraduate Bea Baharier recently talked about her Holloway Trust funded outreach work and broader outreach in the Department of Geology in a talk titled “Challenging science through innocent curiosity” at the Israeli Geological Society annual conference,...