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Scientists celebrate successful operation of Space Camera
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/scientists-celebrate-successful-operation-of-space-camera
Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are finally able to celebrate after an anxious month since the launch of Astrosat, the first Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations.
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Economic History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ec2034
Module: EC2034 This module covers the main themes of the Economic History of the world of the last 1000 years.
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Dialect in Diaspora: Linguistic Variation in Early Anglo-Saxon England
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/dialect-in-diaspora
Academic advisors Dr Phillip Shaw Dr Jayne Carroll Professor Joanna Story Research Associate Dr Martin Findell The origins of the English language present a complex problem of historical reconstruction.
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Language of Kurds analysed at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/language-of-kurds-analysed-at-university-of-leicester
The language of the Kurds has come under scrutiny at an event at the University of Leicester. The Kurdistan International Studies Unit (KISU) organised the first of its events of the year as part of the Public Lecture Series on the Kurds and the Middle East.
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Excavation of Roman Cemetery nominated for national archaeology award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/excavation-of-roman-cemetery-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award
For the second year running a project led by Leicester archaeologists has been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards, this year in the category ‘Rescue Project of the Year’.
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Talk by Riders Chairman offers insights into running a top-flight basketball team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-riders-talk
A public lecture at the University of Leicester on 27 November offers a unique insight into the management of Leicester’s legendary basketball club, the Leicester Riders.
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Successful Arctic expedition establishes new instrument for monitoring climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/arctic-expedition-instrument-monitoring-climate-change
Team from the University of Leicester’s Surface Temperature Group has returned from the Arctic Circle after establishing a validation station on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard
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Abolitionists: Antislavery Activism in Britain and America, 1787-1865
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3810
Module code: HS3810 Between the American Revolution of the 1770s and 1780s and the American Civil War of the 1860s, the English-speaking world was agitated by a popular antislavery movement without precedent or parallel.
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Abolitionists: Antislavery Activism in Britain and America, 1787-1865
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3810
Module code: HS3810 Between the American Revolution of the 1770s and 1780s and the American Civil War of the 1860s, the English-speaking world was agitated by a popular antislavery movement without precedent or parallel.
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Newborn and Infant Physical Examination
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mw2004
Module code: MW2004 The physiology of the fetus is fundamentally different from that of the newborn baby and in this module fetal physiology will be discussed alongside how the healthy term neonate adapts to extra-uterine life.