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University to mark death of fallen soldier who played a part in its founding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-to-mark-death-of-fallen-soldier-who-played-a-part-in-its-founding
Our University is marking the 100th anniversary of the death in action during the First World War of a brave soldier who played a part in its founding.
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Your Impact – 100 years of philanthropy and counting
https://le.ac.uk/giving/impact-stories
Your support impacts students' lives, fuels ground-breaking research and helps build a world-class environment for research and learning. Read our impact reports to see how much you have helped us to achieve.
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The bottle of water: what does it mean to commodify a natural resource?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/bottle-of-water
Read the article "The bottle of water: what does it mean to commodify a natural resource?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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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 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 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 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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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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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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jbridges: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/8/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.