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Interpreting documents
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-sources/interpreting-documents
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This section provides advice on how to interpret sources. This is a challenge that is faced by all historians, and is a key aspect of what it means to do history.
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University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-remembers-playwright-joe-orton
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton and the occasion is being marked by a host of events remembering his work and involving our University. Joe Orton (1933-1967) was a leading postwar playwright.
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Playing Prometheus: some reflections from Australia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/19/playing-prometheus-some-reflections-from-australia/
Blog on Australia Convict heritage sites and archives
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Leicestershire Secondary SCITT
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/scitt/leicestershire-secondary
Discover details of how you can study PGCE teacher training with Leicestershire Secondary SCITT
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Career Commitment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/07/20/commitment/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 20, 2015 Along with the University’s team, I attended the final of Engineering YES 2015. The post event talk was given by Lord Digby Jones, former head of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Leicester astronomers play key role in groundbreaking movie of the cosmos by new observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/astronomers-groundbreaking-movie-cosmos-new-observatory
The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which University of Leicester space scientists have contributed to, reveals dazzling first images
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Botanical Illustrations are not only pretty – they remain relevant today
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/05/12/botanical-illustrations-are-not-only-pretty-they-remain-relevant-today/
As the University has announced an exciting programme of Summer events at the Botanic Gardens in Oadby, we explore the art of botanical illustration through our Special Collections.
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University of Leicester School of English Staff Blog The Soles of Harborough Folk: New Digital Resou
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/11/11/the-soles-of-harborough-folk-new-digital-resources-reveal-leicestershires-shoemaking-past/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on November 11, 2014 [Posted on behalf of Corinne Fowler] Wise souls talk to young souls about shoe soles.
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Covid in Cartoons
https://le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons
Empowering a thick narrative of the crisis by promoting cultural literacy and diversity skills amongst vulnerable young people UKRI/AHRC Covid-19 Rapid Response call (£352,054 at 100% FEC and £296,928 at 80% FEC).
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Pioneering vascular research receives major boost from the British Heart Foundation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/professor-bown
The British Heart Foundation has awarded nearly £900,000 to a University of Leicester professor to continue his pioneering heart valve research.