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Heritage panels telling history of Leicester to be installed around city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/heritage-panels-telling-history-of-leicester-to-be-installed-around-city
Colin Hyde at the East Midlands Oral History Archive has written the text for forty heritage panels that are being installed around Leicester.
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Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-neuroscience-mbiolsci/2026
Computers are powerful machines, but no computer is more powerful or complex than the human brain. Studying neuroscience will reveal how brains and nervous systems work in animals, including humans – and what happens when something goes wrong.
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Ten Galactic Unite Scholars Selected
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/17/ten-galactic-unite-scholars-selected/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 February 2021 Ten undergraduate scholars have been selected as part of the pioneering Galactic Unite scholarship programme at the University of Leicester.
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How the Bank of England was built by pirate booty
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/how-the-bank-of-england-was-built-by-pirate-booty
The remarkable similarities between the invention of the novel and of commercial corporations such as the Bank of England in the seventeenth century can inform present-day theories of management, according to Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management.
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How interconnected is the world?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/how-interconnected-is-the-world/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 DHL has just released its latest annual Global Interconnectedness Index which measures the extent of globalization in relation to flows of trade, capital and people.
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Which degrees give the most financial rewards?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/which-degrees-give-the-most-financial-rewards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Interesting research from IFS looking at early career rewards from obtaining a degree.
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Six Decades of Space Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/06/six-decades-of-space-science/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 October 2020 At the start of World Space Week, we’re marking 60 years of space science at the University of Leicester. Leicester has had a Physics Department since 1924, long before it gained University status.
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ESA Digital Twin Earth Precursor: Climate Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/23/esa-digital-twin-earth-precursor-climate-explorer/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 September 2020 NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has...
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The Centre for Victorian Studies
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies
Welcome to the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester. We have a distinguished record of innovation and excellence in interdisciplinary Victorian Studies research and teaching at postgraduate level.
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Research Bites: Solar System Science and JWST
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/21/research-bites-solar-system-science-and-jwst/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 January 2022 We are pleased to announce the third of our “Physics Research Bites”, a short “bring-your-own-lunch” seminar series aimed at students and staff wishing to know more about the...