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Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies
One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.
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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.
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University joins national group dedicated to tackling world health issues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/biofilm-research-disease-resistance
The University of Leicester has joined a consortium of research institutes dedicated to tackling disease, climate change and food security
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Careers in Creative Industries: Media and Design, Journalism, Museum and Archaeological Studies
https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/recruitment-fairs/employment-sector/creative-industries
Design Engineer Ergonomist Games Developer Graphic Designer Product Designer UI Designer User Experience (UX) Designer UX Analyst / User Researcher Exhibition Designer Furniture Designer...
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The schoolboy sketches of John Leech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...
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Exceptional & Extraordinary
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/exceptional-and-extraordinary
Exceptional & Extraordinary has commissioned four disabled artists to create four emotionally powerful, impactful, provocative and high-quality artworks.
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Cartooning in South Africa: Jonathan Zapiro on the Post-Apartheid ‘Rainbow Nation’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/cartooning-south-africa-jonathan-zapiro-post-apartheid-rainbow-nation/
Political cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro (South Africa) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer Laura Brick.
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You are what you Wear? Clothing, Fashion and Belonging in the Modern World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3681
Module code: HS3681 Clothing and fashion contains many indicators of class, gender and even politics. You’ll be looking at a wide range of case studies from Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Palestine/Israel in a transnational context.
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Contemporary Hollywood
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ha3432
Module code: HA3432 This module will focus on contemporary, popular film. The module will offer an outline of industrial shifts and key movements in recent, mainstream cinema.
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Contemporary Hollywood
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ha3432
Module code: HA3432 This module will focus on contemporary, popular film. The module will offer an outline of industrial shifts and key movements in recent, mainstream cinema.