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Academics and Leicester sports coaches team up in ERASMUS research project on ethics code for grassroots sport across Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academics-and-leicester-sports-coaches-team-up-in-erasmus-research-project-on-ethics-code-for-grassroots-sport-across-europe
Leicester City Football Club led the way in professional football excellence in England in 2016, but now the public focus has shifted once more to football's problems – the depressing hooliganism stories from Euro 2016.
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Study reveals Congo swamps as the worlds largest tropical peatland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/study-reveals-congo-swamps-as-the-world2019s-largest-tropical-peatland
A vast peatland in the Congo Basin has been mapped for the first time, revealing it to be largest in the tropics.
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Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah appointed Chair of Trustees for The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/conversation
University of Leicester President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has been appointed Chair to the UK Board of Trustees to independent media network The Conversation. Professor Canagarajah previously joined the board in May 2020.
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Landmark Poetry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/landmark-poetry
On Wednesday 9 May, celebrated writer and broadcaster Lemn Sissay MBE will be discussing Landmark Poetry at the University of Leicester’s 7th Annual Creative Writing Lecture. Lemn Sissay is the author of several books of poetry alongside articles, records, public art, and plays.
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University volunteers plant thousands of bulbs at Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/botanic-garden-crocus-plant-nick-bailey
Green fingered volunteers are helping to plant 80,000 crocus bulbs in Leicester’s Botanic Garden this week
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Edelman Trust barometer 2018
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/edelman-trust-barometer-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Has revealed that large percentages of people worldwide (especially in the USA where it dropped overall by 37%) have experienced a decline of trust in business, government, NGOs and...
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Sex and Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/cr2003
Module code: CR2003 In this module you’ll be immersed in key concepts of violence and violent crime, and how they relate to gender, sex and sexuality.
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Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs1016
Module code: HS1016 What major events shaped Europe during this period? Which ones were most significant in changing the course of European history forever, and why? You'll be exploring and analysing the major social, political, cultural and economic trends shaping...
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Europe 1861-1991: Emancipation and Subjugation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs1016
Module code: HS1016 What major events shaped Europe during this period? Which ones were most significant in changing the course of European history forever, and why? You'll be exploring and analysing the major social, political, cultural and economic trends shaping...
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Sex and Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/cr2003
Module code: CR2003 In this module you’ll be immersed in key concepts of violence and violent crime, and how they relate to gender, sex and sexuality.