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The forgotten success of penal transportation reform in late Imperial Russia: the lowering of prison
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/06/08/the-forgotten-success-of-penal-transportation-reform-in-late-imperial-russia-the-lowering-of-prisoner-mortality-in-the-transfer-system-1885-1915/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 8, 2016 By Mikhail Nakonechny . The late Imperial Russian prison and exile system is almost unequivocally considered to be the traditional embodiment of brutality, institutional inhumanity and injustice.
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Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs1012
Module code: HS1012 How does the story of global history differ from our own historical narrative? What are the differences and connections between our own history, and the history of the world? Where exactly do we fit in? Over the course of this module you'll...
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Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs1012
Module code: HS1012 How does the story of global history differ from our own historical narrative? What are the differences and connections between our own history, and the history of the world? Where exactly do we fit in? Over the course of this module you'll...
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Global History: Connections and Cultures in a Changing World, 1750 to the present
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs1012
Module code: HS1012 How does the story of global history differ from our own historical narrative? What are the differences and connections between our own history, and the history of the world? Where exactly do we fit in? Over the course of this module you'll...
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Major step in UK contribution to space mission to study solar wind
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/smile-sxi-stm
The SXI consortium is led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UCL MSSL), the Open University and European partners.
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Major step in UK contribution to space mission to study solar wind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/10/23/major-step-in-uk-contribution-to-space-mission-to-study-solar-wind/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 October 2021 Space scientists from the University of Leicester have delivered a key component for a new mission to study the impact of the solar wind on Earth’s magnetic field.
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Evading a flogging by the Whipping Toms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/02/27/evading-a-flogging-by-the-whipping-toms/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on February 27, 2017 Prior to 1846, Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday and was therefore the occasion for an outburst of eating,...
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Find out more about how to construct link text to adhere to best web practice and accessibility.
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Human Rights and Global Ethics MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/human-rights-and-global-ethics-ma/2026
The gap between the promise and reality of universal human rights is worrying. Strides are being taken, but there’s still much to do. This Masters in human rights and global ethics addresses this challenge on both a conceptual and practical level.
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Supporting assessment tasks in seminars and group tutorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/supporting-assessment-tasks-in-seminars-and-group-tutorials/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 This is a draft preview version of a resource currently in production.