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How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/how-fandom-can-be-viewed-as-a-form-or-substitute-for-religion
The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for followers is to be explored at an international conference hosted at Leicester between 28-30 July.
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Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras
Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais region to Britain.
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Expert opinions cover overdiagnosis and the departure of Sam Allardyce as England football manager
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-overdiagnosis-and-the-departure-of-sam-allardyce
John Williams from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Conversation discussing the departure of Sam Allardyce from the job of England football manager.
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Expert opinions cover referees the Anthropocene and the Hillsborough Inquests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/expert-opinions-cover-referees-the-anthropocene-and-the-hillsborough-inquests
John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written an article for the Leicester Mercury discussing how referees should be cut a little slack to help the game survive intact.
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Proud of Leicester University hosts workshop for language teachers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/proud-of-leicester-university-hosts-workshop-for-language-teachers
Our University's commitment to providing support in the city and region is reflected in a new initiative.
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International students
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/international-students
Applications from overseas students are strongly encouraged at the University of Leicester. Over the years we have been fortunate to attract many undergraduate students from all over the world.
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Cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky: interview by Dilan Ucer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2021/10/29/cartoonist-vladimir-kazanevsky-interview-dilan-ulcer/
Political cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) is interviewed by University of Leicester student Dilan Ucer.
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Kathrin Meissner
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/study/visiting-scholar-scheme/kathrin-meissner
I spent about one month at CUH in May 2019 as part of PhD project which covers the transformations of public communication about planning from the late 1950s to the late 1980s in German planning culture focussing on cases in East and West Berlin.
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Transport
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/transport
Learn more about the collections about EMOHA in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Mary Attenborough (1896-1961)
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/mary-attenborough
Mary Attenborough was the wife of Frederick Attenborough, Principal of University College Leicester between 1932– 1951 and mother to their three sons: Richard, David and John.