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University launches scheme to encourage graduates to stay in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/graduate-internships
The University of Leicester has worked with Leicester City Council and De Montfort University to set up an internship scheme that will support small businesses to offer workplace opportunities to students. The scheme will see more than £1.
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Leicester expert’s tale of ancient library makes The Telegraph’s greatest books of 2025 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/leicester-expert-tale-ancient-library-telegraph-greatest-books-2025-list
A University of Leicester expert’s book explaining how ancient Mesopotamian knowledge shaped the roots of modern civilisation has been named as one of the Telegraph’s greatest books of 2025.
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Athena Swan
https://le.ac.uk/lcrc/athena-swan
Women are under-represented in science, the more senior the role the greater the deficit. In some disciplines there is significant under-representation of women at all levels.
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Ancient History and History BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/ancient-history-and-history-ba/2026
Combine the study of the classical world with medieval and modern history with the University of Leicester’s Ancient History and History degree.
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How much comfort can you get from a chocolate bar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/how-much-comfort-can-you-get-from-a-chocolate-bar
Chocolate is often the go-to food when people are in need of a pick-me-up, providing consumers with a comforting experience that lifts the mood.
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UK Web Content to be archived
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/18/uk-web-content-to-be-archived/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 18, 2013 The Legal Deposit Libraries of the UK and Ireland are to archive UK web content for the benefit of future researchers. More information from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.
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Global History: comparative and connected approaches
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7310
Module code: HS7310 The ‘global turn’ describes a field of historical research that emerged in part as a response to decolonisation and the break-up of European empires, challenges to white supremacy and the global order, and demands for the recognition of the histories of...
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Global History: comparative and connected approaches
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7310
Module code: HS7310 The ‘global turn’ describes a field of historical research that emerged in part as a response to decolonisation and the break-up of European empires, challenges to white supremacy and the global order, and demands for the recognition of the histories of...
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Ukrainian students find sanctuary at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/ukraine-students
Four Ukrainian students have travelled one-and-a-half thousand miles to find sanctuary – and continue their studies – at the University of Leicester.
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Real Man, Real Emotions? The Truth behind Nigel Farage’s Cocksure Campaigning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/04/29/real-man-real-emotions-the-truth-behind-nigel-farages-cocksure-campaigning/
Posted by jcromby in School of Business Blog on April 29, 2015 Recently appointed Reader in Psychology at the School, John Cromb y , provides a disturbingly plausible account of why Nigel Farage’s rhetoric has been so successful.