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The Attenborough family and the University
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs
The University of Leicester and the Attenborough family have a special connection that spans 90 years. Frederick Attenborough was our second Principal and this sons David, Richard and Michael grew up on the campus.
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Joe Carr: Music and education on the East Coast
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/joe-carr
Museum Studies graduate Joe Carr talks about his life and career after graduating from Leicester in 2002.
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Welcome to the Criminal Corpse Blog
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/09/01/welcome-blog-2/
Posted by Sarah Tarlow in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 1, 2015 Speaking as an old and ugly academic, I’ve come to realise that sometimes it takes a transfusion of young and energetic blood into an established project to liven it up.
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15m contemporary art gallery launch announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/ps1-5m-contemporary-art-gallery-launch-announced
The University has begun work to create one of the largest dedicated contemporary gallery spaces in the East Midlands, due to be completed in Autumn 2015. Work began on Monday 5 January at the Richard Attenborough Centre for the £1.5 million new gallery and courtyard.
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Awards for our University from the Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/awards-for-our-university-from-the-royal-astronomical-society
A leading academic from our University is to receive a prize this week from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Mark Lester, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is Chair of the SuperDARN executive council and currently leads the project.
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MAI Journal of feminist visual culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/mai-journal-of-feminist-visual-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 MAI Journal of feminist visual culture launched.
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New online feature Access to arts and culture is a basic human right
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/new-online-feature-access-to-arts-and-culture-is-a-basic-human-right
On Friday 6 February 2015, Michael Attenborough CBE (pictured), well-known theatre director, honorary graduate and son of the late Lord Attenborough braved the cold weather to attend the official start of a build project to create one of the largest dedicated contemporary...
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Migrant Rights Initiative
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/10/migrant-rights-initiative/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2023 Recently published, an interactive data visualization of the Migrants Rights Database.
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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/dons-yardies-posses/about-the-project
Find out more about the ‘Dons, Yardies and Posses: Representations of Jamaican Organised Crime’ project as part of English research at the University of Leicester.