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Thought piece: The problem with Apollo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-problem-with-apollo
Apollo 11 launches Apollo 11 launches| As the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface approaches, Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Lecturer in International Relations, School of History, Politics and International Relations, discusses the problems with Apollo.
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Friends of the Garden
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/friends-of-the-garden
Learn how to become a Friend of the Garden and help to promote and support the development of the Garden's plant collections and amenities.
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Teaching and Learning in HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/teaching-and-learning-in-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition The latest predictions for short term and longer horizon trends in teaching and learning.
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USA Presidential debates new resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/11/usa-presidential-debates-new-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2016 Following on from last week’s list of resources . Here are some more new discoveries.
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Managing a laugh students plan publicity campaign for Comedy Festival show
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/managing-a-laugh-students-plan-publicity-campaign-for-comedy-festival-show
In the midst of Leicester Comedy Festival, students from our MA Media and Advertising and MSc Marketing programmes in our School of Management and Department of Media and Communication have collaborated on a live project to promote the first solo show by writer Viv Groskop at...
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Public lecture to mark the 350th anniversary of John Miltons epic Paradise Lost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/public-lecture-to-mark-the-350th-anniversary-of-john-milton2019s-epic-paradise-lost
An upcoming public lecture will mark and celebrate the 350th anniversary of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost. Delivered by Professor Karen Edwards (Exeter) on 20 October from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm in the Library of Birmingham, the lecture is entitled ‘Slow Love in Paradise Lost‘.
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Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil
Neil Adams, PhD researcher in the Centre for Palaeobiology Research at the University of Leicester and Earth Collections Project Officer at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, said: “It was very exciting to come across a hippo tooth during our recent excavations...
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Attenborough Arts Centre Presents: ‘altered’ an exhibition by Tony Heaton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/tony-heaton
Tony Heaton: altered 24 March – 25 June 2023, Gallery 1 With the arrival of spring, Attenborough Arts Centre is proud to launch an exciting new exhibition. Come and experience altered, a major solo exhibition by British sculptor and disability rights activist, Tony Heaton OBE.
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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 1: forgetting what we know about knowledge.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-1-forgetting-what-we-know-about-knowledge/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 One of the many poorly-framed, point-missing ‘debates’ that regularly plague contemporary education goes something like this: ‘should education be focused primarily on...
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International Sales Law
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw7150
Module code: LW7150 International sales of goods constitute an enormous volume of world trade, and are responsible for the movement of goods around the world.