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The outlawed Shrove Tuesday tradition of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-outlawed-shrove-tuesday-tradition-of-leicester
Shrove Tuesday – taking place this year on 28 February – often involves the flipping of savoury and sweet pancakes, but prior to 1846 the city of Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating the event.
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European Bodies in Prehistory and History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar3074
Module code: AR3074 How do people understand their bodies? How does this change through time? Are bodies the product of particular kinds of historical worlds? How do these bodies play key roles in history? Drawing on research conducted by module...
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Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen
As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of Canadian men who spent time in Leicester exactly 100 years ago.
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Ut Vitam Habeant - So that they may have life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ut-vitam-habeant-so-that-they-may-have-life
This week, to commemorate Armistice Day, the University has been lighting up its Fielding Johnson Building red at night and will observe a two minute silence on Friday 11 November.
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New research reveals why drivers hit and run
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-research-reveals-why-drivers-2018hit-and-run2019
A new interim report by Dr Matt Hopkins and Sally Chivers from our Department of Criminology has started to identify the reasons why motorists ‘hit and run.
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History of 19th century building on campus revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/history-of-19th-century-building-on-campus-revealed
New information about the history of 1 Salisbury Road was revealed during a visit by Dr Sula Ellis to the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), which is based in the building.
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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.
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Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene
Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene| The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.
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Expedition 342: Paleogene Newfoundland Sediment Drifts
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/newfoundland
June 2012 – August 2012 In June 2012, the JOIDES Resolution set sail to the North Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland, not far from where the RMS Titanic sank 100 years ago.
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Substantial investment will see estate improvements in Oadby.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/oadby-estate
The University of Leicester is set to invest millions of pounds to enhance its estate in Oadby.