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The Importance of Authenticity – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/01/05/the-importance-of-authenticity/
Discusses the concept of authenticity in relation to food and alcohol studies scholarship; the role of time, history, the past and temporal categories in analysing authenticity in relation to food and drink
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Turi King returns to our screens with DNA Family Secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/dna-family-secrets
Professor of Genetics Turi King returns to our screens on September 27th on BBC Two at 9pm for another heart wrenching series of DNA Family Secrets
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Tradition meets AI as Leicester scientists help tackle Amazonian biodiversity crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tradition-ai-leicester-scientists-amazonian-biodiversity-crisis
Scientists led by University of Leicester working with universities in Brazil will support traditional communities to monitor biodiversity in the Amazon, developing an AI toolkit to catalogue local knowledge and understanding
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Pride
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/09/pride/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 9, 2018 Pride in London – why it still matters. This week we celebrated Pride in London.
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Leicester scientists on Jupiter moon mission look ahead to launch date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/juice-mission-jupiter-scientists
University of Leicester scientists have a leading role on the science team for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), exploring Jupiter’s complex atmosphere, magnetosphere, and potentially habitable icy moons.
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MBRRACE-UK collaboration sets out key recommendations for reducing inequities and improving care for babies born to Asian and Black mothers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/baby-care
The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, co-led by The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) group at the University of Leicester has published the results of a confidential enquiry into the care of Black and Asian babies born in the UK in 2019.
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Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/karen-brown
Trial led by University of Leicester scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events
Upcoming and past events from the School of Arts, Media and Communication
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Conference World and the Avoidance of Thought
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/08/27/conference-world-and-the-avoidance-of-thought/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on August 27, 2015 Having just returned from another major international conference, Professor Martin Parker is coming to suspect that they’re rarely worth the fuss At the beginning of August, what must surely be the largest...
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On threats to freedom of expression in Hungary: blog post by cartoonist Gabor Papai
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/14/on-threats-to-freedom-of-expression-in-hungary-blog-post-by-cartoonist-gabor-papai/
A blog post written by cartoonsit Gabor Papai on freedom of expression in Hungary and during the Covid-19 pandemic