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Origins and Revolutions? The Emergence of Agriculture: A Global View
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar3078
Module code: AR3078 The emergence of agriculture is traditionally seen in archaeology as one of the great dividing points in the past, where people moved from a life in harmony with the world around them to one based around the domination of nature.
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New online feature Access to arts and culture is a basic human right
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/new-online-feature-access-to-arts-and-culture-is-a-basic-human-right
On Friday 6 February 2015, Michael Attenborough CBE (pictured), well-known theatre director, honorary graduate and son of the late Lord Attenborough braved the cold weather to attend the official start of a build project to create one of the largest dedicated contemporary...
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Puppy power Students Union leads the way with pearls pasties and a new furry friend
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/puppy-power-students-union-leads-the-way-with-pearls-pasties-and-a-new-furry-friend
The Students’ Union has been busy over the summer renovating its food market - and welcoming the newest member to its team, Vinnie the black Labrador retriever. The Union has invested £200,000 in creating a ‘unique’ dining experience in time for Freshers’ Week.
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38m super lightweight mirror chosen for ChineseFrench space mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps3-8m-super-lightweight-mirror-chosen-for-chinese-french-space-mission
The University has announced the signature of a contract to develop an innovative new type of X-ray mirror for a telescope to be flown on an orbiting observatory to be launched in 2021.
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Members of the public given the opportunity to name their own planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/members-of-the-public-given-the-opportunity-to-name-their-own-planet
The University has joined forces with the Leicester Mercury to give the people of Leicester the opportunity to name their own planet.
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Childrens purchasing behaviour significantly impacted by social media and mobile apps research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/children2019s-purchasing-behaviour-2018significantly-impacted2019-by-social-media-and-mobile-apps-research-shows
Exposure to prompts to make in-app purchases in mobile games has a significant impact on children’s purchasing behaviour, according to a recent study funded by the European Commission involving Dr Giuseppe Veltri, who now works at the Department of Media Communication.
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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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May Day early 19th century traditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions
This article, written by Sarah Wood, was originally written for the Special Collections blog here Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with may poles and morris dancers, the University's Special Collections archive has been...
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Winner of Leicester competition to receive photograph from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/winner-of-leicester-competition-to-receive-photograph-from-space
Children around the UK are invited to enter a competition organised by the University's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), the UK’s leading research centre for studying our planet using observations from satellites in space, to win a large photograph of Earth...