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Sydney Holloway
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway
We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
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Leicester’s links with China are strengthened by Vice-Chancellor visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/china
The University of Leicester strengthened its ties with China with a successful visit to the country, led by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah.
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Leicester diabetes professor awarded honorary degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/kamlesh-dundee
An internationally recognised diabetes professor from Leicester has been presented with an honorary degree from the university he graduated from as a doctor in 1984.
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Top 5 Leicester projects for a greener future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/top-5-sustainable-projects
The G7 Summit gets underway in Cornwall today (Friday), where world leaders will gather to tackle global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic greener, more prosperous future.
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Leicester Innovation Hub is 'wonderful and transformative'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/24-innovation-hub-launch-report
Civic leaders highlight vital partnerships between University, City and County at launch of £5 million-plus Innovation Hub.
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Politics and the Environment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl3076
Module code: PL3076 While the UK passed the first modern environmental laws in the mid-19th century, it has only been relatively recently that it has become a prominent political issue. Evidence of our damaging effect on our planet's ecosystem is growing.
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Intelligence and Security
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl7504
Module code: PL7504 The events of 9/11 and the subsequent ‘war on terror’ have made intelligence more central to the study of politics and international relations than at any time previously, reviving old debates and generating new ones.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 19 25 November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-19-25-november
Dr Daniel Ladley from the Department of Economics has written an article for The Conversation discussing how cooperative groups work better than competitive groups.
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Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may
The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.
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Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas
The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain was a five-year research programme, funded by The Leverhulme Trust from 2011–2015 based at the School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester.