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Alan Kirwan: PhD reflections
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/alan-kirwan
Museum Studies PhD graduates Alan Kirwan, Alex Woodall and Serena Iervolino reflect on their time at Leicester and the decisions in their careers they have made since graduating.
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Student who started as a 12-year-old is youngest ever to graduate from our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-who-started-as-a-12-year-old-is-youngest-ever-to-graduate-from-our-university
A remarkable student, who just turned 15 last month, has gained a first-class Honours BSc degree in Mathematics from our University. Yasha Asley was only 12 when he embarked upon the three-year undergraduate degree.
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Astronomers discover system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/astronomers-discover-system-of-seven-earth-sized-planets-just-40-light-years-away
An international team of astronomers, including space scientists from our University, has found a system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away.
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ITV drama set at the University to air over Easter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/itv-drama-set-at-the-university-to-air-over-easter
The first episode of the two-part ITV fictional drama based on the discovery of DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester and its first use in a murder enquiry will air over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
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Literary Leicester commemorates Evelyn Waugh with day of events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/literary-leicester-commemorates-evelyn-waugh-with-day-of-events
The University's Literary Leicester festival will commemorate fifty years since the death of one of the English language’s most revered novelists, Evelyn Waugh, with a day dedicated to his life and work, curated by experts preparing an unprecedented collection of his...
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School children on Sakhalin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/06/07/the-library-in-the-penal-colony-chekhovs-unsung-gift-to-sakhalin/school-children-on-sakhalin/
school children on Sakhalin
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Map of French Guiana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/11/empires-exile-the-story-of-ly-lieu/map-of-french-guiana/
Map of French Guiana from the archives in Aix en Provence. The area encircled in green was where Lý Liễu and his fellow prisoners would have worked in their wood-cutting unit.
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Ministere de Colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/11/empires-exile-the-story-of-ly-lieu/ministere-de-colonies/
This is the file of Đinh Hữu Thật from the French colonial archives - the only extant penal dossier on a member of the Society to Encourage Learning.
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Anton_Chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/06/07/the-library-in-the-penal-colony-chekhovs-unsung-gift-to-sakhalin/anton_chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image/
Anton Chekhov
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Introduction to Politics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl1019
Module code: PL1019 "With great power comes great responsibility," and there's no power quite like political power. It is a common assumption that political actors have a responsibility to act ethically, but this is often corrupted by the realities of power.