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Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm
A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Surveillance and Power – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/10/21/the-protection-of-knowledge-as-the-production-of-ignorance/
Posted by Tomasz Wisniewski in School of Business Blog on October 21, 2014 Geoff Lightfoot and Tomasz Wisniewski, Senior Lecturers in the School’s Finance and Accounting Group, describe information asymmetry as a politically prevalent predicament about which we should all be...
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Brexit: How Does it Look from Gibraltar?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/04/28/brexit-how-does-it-look-from-gibraltar/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on April 28, 2016 In April 2015, in the run-up to the British general election, I predicted that , counter-intuitively, the best outcome for the UK overseas territory of Gibraltar might well be a Labour or Labour-SNP...
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August Book Group: Late Short Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/09/01/lateshortstories/
Summary of the Evelyn Waugh Book Group's discussions of the later short stories
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Writing Matters
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en1070
Module code: EN1017 The module will teach you to write effectively for academic purposes, with the appropriate referencing and presentation of quoted material.
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Introductory Linux
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/fs0062
Module code: FS0062 Linux is a secure, open-source operating system that is used almost everywhere in the tech industry, from web servers and supercomputers to embedded systems in mobile phones, cars, aerospace vehicles and games consoles.
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Independent Study
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/co3110
Module code: CO3110 As the name implies, this module is an opportunity to pursue independent study. This will take the form of a project discussed and agreed on with the module convenor.
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Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy2415
Module code: GY2415 In semester two of the second year, Human Geographers take a field course training module that culminates in a one week international field course to Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Financial Derivatives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/af3070
Module code: AF3070 Financial derivative are financial contracts between two parties that obtains its value from underlying assets, interest rates or security to allow the individual parties to predict their future cash flow.