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Death and community in rural settlements: changing burial culture in small towns and villages, c. 1850-2007
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/death-and-community-in-rural-settlements
ESRC Research Grant (£256,277) April 2008-September 2011 Professor Keith Snell Professor Keith Snell is working with Dr Julie Rugg (University of York) on an 3-4 year ESRC funded project from January 2008, entitled 'Death and community in rural settlements: changing...
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Westfield Hinckley collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/westfield-hinckley
The Westfield Hinckley collection is made up of 20 interviews with residents of the Hinckley area, with memories being recalled from the beginning of the 20th century up until and including the First World War. Get more information about the collection.
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Talking about Technology collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/talking-about-technology
The Talking about Technology collection is made up of 39 interviews with interviewees discussing the changes in agricultural technology and industrial process in Melton Mowbray. Find out more about the collection.
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Events and outreach
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/cpbe/events
Find out about events and outreach activities that have taken place or been delivered by the Centre for Palaeobiology and Biosphere Evolution
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New project to help tailor cancer treatments for individual patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/new-project-to-help-tailor-cancer-treatments-for-individual-patients
A new project led by Dr Julian Barwell (pictured) from the Department of Genetics hopes to help move the treatment of human disease from a 'one size fits all' approach to one of tailoring treatment to individual patients.
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Turkish Minister in University visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/turkish-minister-in-university-visit
The Turkish Deputy Minister for Economy Adnan Yildirim, was in the East Midlands as the guest of the Leicester Asian Business Association (LABA) to further enhance Bilateral Trade, investment and research links between Turkey and the Midlands.
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Research shows professionals moving from private sector into teaching experience significant levels of frustration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-professionals-moving-from-private-sector-into-teaching-experience-2018significant-levels-of-frustration2019
Professionals moving from the private sector into teaching experience ‘significant levels of frustration’ with a perceived lack of acknowledgement from colleagues about the ‘added value’ they bring to the role, according to research led by Dr Chris Wilkins (pictured) in...
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International seminar tackles the construction of gender sexuality and warfare in history art and literature
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/international-seminar-tackles-the-construction-of-gender-sexuality-and-warfare-in-history-art-and-literature
Do questions of gender and sexuality play a significant part in the way wars are waged, mediated and understood? This month, academics from across the world will visit Leicester to explore this question.
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The unruly Christmas party of the Tudor period
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/the-unruly-christmas-party-of-the-tudor-period
Christmas can be a time for drunken parties, rowdy festive shenanigans and embarrassing behaviour, but getting intoxicated at Christmas and causing mischief is not an exclusively modern phenomenon, according to Leicester researchers.
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Expert opinions cover changing culture tackling inequality the Casey Review and saffron the worlds most expensive spice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-changing-culture-tackling-inequality-the-casey-review-and-saffron-the-worlds-most-expensive-spice
Dr Elizabeth Anderson from the Department of Medical and Social Care Education and Dr Simon Bennett from the School of Business have co-authored a BMJ article about teamworking in professional environments.