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Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster A systems accident
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/malaysia-airlines-mh17-disaster-a-2018systems-accident2019
On 13 October 2015 the Dutch Safety Board published its Final Report into the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster, where a Boeing 777, carrying 298 passengers and crew, was downed by a missile over eastern Ukraine.
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.
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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.
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Oxford Professor to explore the mystery of Alices Adventures in Wonderland on the 150th anniversary of its publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-explores-the-mystery-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-on-the-150th-anniversary-of-its-publication
On the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland award-winning biographer Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the lure and lunacy of one of the most iconic children's stories of all time.
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University celebrates milestone 100 articles on The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/university-reaches-100-articles-milestone-on-the-conversation
Academics from across the University have collectively published 100 articles on The Conversation, setting a new milestone for Leicester in delivering expert opinion pieces in response to topical news.
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Engelbert Humperdinck receives new Seat of Learning tribute
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/engelbert-humperdinck-receives-new-seat-of-learning-tribute
Fans of Engelbert Humperdinck have honoured his 50 years in the music industry by sponsoring a reader's chair for the David Wilson Library.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 28 May 3 June
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-28-may-3-june
John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written a piece for The Conversation on Sepp Blatter, who before recently resigning from his post was re-elected as FIFA President.
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Anyfin is possible biologist informs BBC Springwatch on sticklebacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/any-fin-is-possible-academic-informs-bbc-springwatch
Biologist Dr Iain Barber has been providing scientific advice to the BBC Springwatch team based on his research into sticklebacks.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Archaeologists investigate threatened Cypriot site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/archaeologists-to-investigate-threatened-cypriot-site
Leicester archaeologists are in a race against time to uncover the heritage of a threatened 1,500-year-old site on a Cyprus shoreline.