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Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/wine-and-crime
Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History
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True crime wine-tasting event returns to Cardiff to mark Pride Celebrations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/wine-and-crime
Dr Angela Muir is a Lecturer in British Social and Cultural History and the Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester.
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Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness
New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.
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Lord Willetts appointed chair of the UK Space Agency’s Board
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/uksa-willetts
University of Leicester Chancellor David, Lord Willetts has been appointed as the new chair of the UK Space Agency’s Board.
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University of Leicester celebrates top 1.6% global sustainability ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/the-sustainability-ranking
The University of Leicester is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked among the top global universities for its contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking.
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Leicester Vice-Chancellor responds to Sutton Trust’s Elitist Britain report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/leicester-vice-chancellor-sutton-trust-elitist-britain-report
A report published this week explored the educational backgrounds of leading figures across the world of politics, media, business, charity, sport, creative and public sectors.
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Looking Forward – Looking Back
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/08/29/looking-forward-looking-back/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 29, 2018 In the now dated ‘Western’ movie ‘Paint your Wagon’, Lee Marvin ‘sings’ (talks) his way through the song ‘I was born under a wandering star’.
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Black Lives Matter
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/black-lives-matter
Academics in the Centre for American Studies have put together a list of resources for anyone interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target
A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.
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Introduction to Molecular Techniques
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7001
Module code: MB7001 Searching for novel cancer-causing genes researchers requires methods for manipulating the genetic material. For example, molecular cloning allows us to study the function of a gene and how cell behaviour is affected when that gene is altered in cancer.