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New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/highcross-dig-book
Roman curse tablets Intriguing evidence relates to two lead curse tablets, from the town house at Vine Street, which have transformed our understanding of who lived in the Roman town and their links to the wider Empire.
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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.
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Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/applied-linguistics-and-tesol-ma-dl/2026
Build your academic and professional expertise in Applied Linguistics and TESOL without falling behind in other areas of your life. You can study this MA online, from the comfort of your own home.
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Applied Linguistics and TESOL MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/applied-linguistics-and-tesol-ma-dl/2025
Build your academic and professional expertise in Applied Linguistics and TESOL without falling behind in other areas of your life. You can study this MA online, from the comfort of your own home.
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Leicester films win prestigious Learning on Screen Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-films-win-prestigious-learning-on-screen-awards
Two films produced by our University have been awarded prestigious Learning on Screen Awards by the British Universities Film & Video Council.
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Human Rights and LGBTQ+
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/human-rights-and-lgbtq
The work of RCMG has profoundly impacted the thinking and practices of the cultural sector and had significant positive benefits for museum visitors.
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Leicester University promotes LGBT+ inclusivity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/lgbt-award
As Leicester Pride approaches, a programme to recognise LGBT+ inclusivity, set up by University of Leicester alongside other local organisations, is looking to expand through the region in the coming year.
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Disability podcasts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/disability-podcasts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 Professor Colin Blackmore has created a series of podcasts with British disability activists. The latest, with Professor Colin Barnes, is on the sociology of disability.
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To celebrate Gay Pride
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/11/to-celebrate-gay-pride/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 11, 2019 The Virtually Queer online oral history archive . This small collection showcases films originally shown at Our Naked Skin, at The Salisbury Arts Centre in 2018.
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Top 100 UK employers for LGBT staff
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/31/top-100-uk-employers-for-lgbt-staff/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2020 Top 100 employers for LGBT staff See the latest list from Stonewall . At the top is Newcastle city council. Find out what they do well. The list is an annual voluntary exercise.