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https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us
Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.
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First-in-the-family Leicester students front national university campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/100-faces
Two trailblazing students who had their lives transformed by the University of Leicester have been chosen to front a national campaign promoting Higher Education.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/jwst-launch
Amongst other things, it will be able to see the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, along with studying planet formation around distant stars.
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Academic Freedoms and the University Ltd.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/04/09/academic-freedoms-and-the-university-ltd/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on April 9, 2014 Voltaire once wrote “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize”. Professor of Organisation and Culture Martin Parker recently found out precisely what he meant.
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Emma Battell Lowman: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/author/ejl22/page/2/
Emma Battell Lowman is Lecturer in the History of the Americas at the University of Hertfordshire and is an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History where she continues her postdoctoral research as a member of the Harnessing the Criminal...
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“So, can we say ‘skills’?”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/06/12/so-can-we-say-skills/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 12, 2018 As those whose unhappy lot in life it is to have to listen to me moaning on about matters educational will know, I’m not a big fan of the term ‘skills’.
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A Day in the Life: Convicts on board Prison Hulks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/10/a-day-in-the-life-convicts-on-board-prison-hulks/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on October 10, 2017 By Anna McKay , AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Student, National Maritime Museum & University of Leicester.
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Professor David Bradshaw, 1955-2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/09/15/professor-david-bradshaw-1955-2016/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on September 15, 2016 The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project is deeply sad to announce the untimely passing of our Co-Investigator, David Bradshaw. David had been ill with cancer for some months.
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Enterprise Challenge brings innovative solutions to complex space challenges
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/05/09/enterprise-challenge-brings-innovative-solutions-to-complex-space-challenges/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 May 2024 Innovative solutions to tackle problems associated with satellite technology and sustainable moon habitation were showcased by students during our Enterprise Challenge hosted at Space Park Leicester.
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Exoplanets and their Origins – Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/28/exoplanets-and-their-origins-professor-richard-alexander-centenary-inaugural-lecture/
Exoplanets and their Origins - Professor Richard Alexander Centenary Inaugural Lecture