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                    Hilary Burgesshttps://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/hilary-burgess Professor Hilary Burgess came to Leicester in 2010 from a position at the Open University, joining her husband Robert Burgess, who had been Vice-Chancellor since 1999. 
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                    Dean of Research celebrates awards and nominationshttps://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/news/news/dean-of-research-celebrates-awards-and-nominations We are hugely pleased that our Dean of Research, Professor Mat Hughes, has recently been longlisted for one award and won another. 
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                    Maitrise Conversionhttps://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw2440 Module code: LW2440 In this module, you will learn about the main differences between the systems of French and English and Welsh Law. You will also be introduced to the methods of legal study practised in France and will undertake some practically-focused tasks. 
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                    British Abolitionists and Protestant Millennialism 1770-1840https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/british-abolitionists-and-protestant-millennialism Leverhulme Research Fellowship September 2012 - August 2013 Professor John Coffey Why did British abolitionists come to believe that the abolition of slavery was necessary, possible and even inevitable? After all, slavery was not only an integral part of the imperial economy;... 
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                    BBCs The Sky at Night filmed on campushttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/bbcs-the-sky-at-night-filmed-on-campus A BBC film crew visited the University last week to film monthly television documentary programme on astronomy, The Sky at Night, which was broadcast on Sunday 9 August on BBC4 at 10pm and will be repeated at 7:30pm on Thursday 13 August (also BBC4). 
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                    Bishop of Leicester praises Richard III discovery for becoming a nations storyhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/bishop-of-leicester-praises-looking-for-richard-project The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester has praised the discovery of Richard III as being a story that has gripped the nation in the speech he gave during the reinterment of Richard III on Thursday 26 March at Leicester Cathedral. 
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                    Ukrainian History Unearthed in East Midlands Oral History Archive’s Polish Collectionhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/03/ukrainian-history-unearthed-in-east-midlands-oral-history-archives-polish-collection/ Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on September 3, 2025 By Iona Kerstin Volynets September 05, 2025 Content warning: This article includes mentions of massacres, war, labour camps, death, and illness. 
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                    Giorgia Mascarohttps://le.ac.uk/people/giorgia-mascaro The academic profile of Mrs Giorgia Mascaro, PhD Candidate at University of Leicester 
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                    Comparing Gender and Media Equality across the Globehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/comparing-gender-and-media-equality-across-the-globe/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 GEM, a research project led by the University of Gothenberg, has culminated in an open-access book: Comparing Gender and Media Across the Globe : A cross-national study of the... 
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                    Relaunched (with expanded content): Associated Press Archivehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/relaunched-with-expanded-content-associated-press-archive/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://www.aparchive.com/ AP Archive is the film and video archive of the Associated Press The collection includes over 1.