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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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£2.5m to help with complex health and social care decision-making across the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/evidence-synthesis-funding
Funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support collaboration providing research-based evidence to support important decision-making across the four UK nations.
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University of Leicester Bake Off star to join Vice-Chancellor at UK technicians conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/bake-off-star-vice-chancellor-technicians-conference
The University of Leicester’s Great British Bake Off finalist will join the institution’s Vice-Chancellor at the UK’s largest conference for technical professionals in higher education and research.
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Healthy eating and respiratory irritants from 400000 years ago revealed through ancient dental plaque
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/healthy-eating-and-respiratory-irritants-from-400-000-years-ago-revealed-through-ancient-dental-plaque
The University of Leicester is involved in new research conducted by archaeologists from the University of York and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with members of Tel Aviv University, that reveals striking insights into the living conditions...
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BSL Level 1: Part 3
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/british-sign-language/level-1-part-3
British Sign Language Part 1 course at Leicester University
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Music as Communication
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ms3005
Module code: MS3005 This module encourages you to question ideas around music, musicality, sound and meaning by examining how music functions within culture as a form of communication.
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Music as Communication
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ms3005
Module code: MS3005 This module encourages you to question ideas around music, musicality, sound and meaning by examining how music functions within culture as a form of communication.
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Data as Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co7442
Module code: CO7442 Data science, like art and traditional sciences, offers a lens through which we can understand our world. It's a reciprocal process: data fuels new insights, while artistic techniques can illuminate the stories hidden within our data.
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Advertising as Communication
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7520
Module code: MS7520 Module Outline This module examines advertising from several different academic perspectives. It begins with overviews of advertising as an object of study and then moves on to the different approaches that have been used to study it.