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Fiendish Friday Quiz #5: Answers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/23/quiz5answers/
Answers to a fifth Evelyn Waugh quiz, taken From the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 2
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Genetic tool to predict adult heart attack risk in childhood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/08-genetic-tool-to-predict-adult-heart-attack-risk-in-childhood
Powerful technology that paves way for early interventions to prevent heart attacks developed by international team involving Leicester researchers
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Mars closest to Earth in over a decade on Monday 30 May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/mars-closest-to-earth-in-over-a-decade-on-monday-30-may
On Bank Holiday Monday, be prepared for a celestial surprise as a planetary body sidles up next to us - or at least 46 million miles away.
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University to offer scholarship opportunities in Museum Studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-to-offer-scholarship-opportunities-in-museum-studies
A chance to forge a career in the museum and heritage sector is being offered by our University through a scholarship programme. Following the success of last year’s schemes, the University’s School of Museum Studies is offering six scholarships of £3,000 each.
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The Plight of the Mandatory Volunteer Worker
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/06/03/the-plight-of-the-mandatory-volunteer-worker/
Posted by Vanessa Beck in School of Business Blog on June 3, 2015 Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, Vanessa Beck , considers the economic implications of the legal expectations placed on the contemporary unemployed The social security and support infrastructure...
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University supporting literacy skills through reading buddies and new books for schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/books
Volunteers from the University of Leicester have donated boxes full of brand-new books to local primary schools. It is part of a wider scheme that sees one hundred school-based volunteers support pupils at Uplands Junior L.E.A.
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New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.
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The Two Fredericks: A snapshot of male intimacy in prison
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/09/30/the-two-fredericks-cockatoo-island/
Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on September 30, 2016 In the 1840s, campaigners for the abolition of convict transportation engaged in a campaign of scare-mongering about the prevalence of sexual acts between male convicts (dubbed “unnatural acts”).
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Summer arrives with a new season at Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/attenborough-arts-centre-summer-programme-2026
This summer brings a new range of artist-led Creative Courses and Workshops, delivered by experienced tutors and artists to share their own artistic practices with new audiences.
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How to submit an appeal
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/appeals-complaints/academic-appeals/how-to-submit-an-appeal
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