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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.
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Clearing trip to see the University of Leicester changed Tom’s direction of study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/clearing-tom
When Tom Walters missed out on his first-choice university place, the next step should have seen him accept his reserve choice – until a visit to the University of Leicester during Clearing changed everything.
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girl.boy.child
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/girl-boy-child
The performances will shine a light on many National Trust properties’ lesser known LGBTQ histories.
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Contested Desires Constructive Dialogues
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/contested-desires-constructive-dialogues
Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) is a three-year arts and heritage programme, co-funded by the EU Creative Europe, engaging artists to examine European colonialism’s legacy in museums and heritage sites.
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Meet the team
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/arch-i-scan/meet-the-team
Professor Penelope Allison Principal Investigator pma9@le.ac.uk Professor Ivan Tyukin Co-Investigator ivan.tyukin@kcl.ac.uk Professor Alexander Gorban Co-Investigator ag153@le.ac.uk Dr Evgeny Mirkes Co-Investigator em322@le.ac.
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South Asian collections
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/south-asian
Browse collections of oral histories that feature the memories of South Asians who have settled in Leicestershire. It includes East African Asians, particularly those who came from Uganda during the 1970s and onwards.
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Designing for Creative Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7006
Module code: MU7006 Designing for Creative Lives addresses how museum-making can bring together the social and the spatial to drive inclusive organisational transformation and open new possibilities for publics, communities, museum workers and wider social change.
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Designing for Creative Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7006
Module code: MU7006 Designing for Creative Lives addresses how museum-making can bring together the social and the spatial to drive inclusive organisational transformation and open new possibilities for publics, communities, museum workers and wider social change.
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Designing for Creative Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mu7006
Module code: MU7006 Designing for Creative Lives addresses how museum-making can bring together the social and the spatial to drive inclusive organisational transformation and open new possibilities for publics, communities, museum workers and wider social change.
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Books connect 2
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/books-connect-2
Led by public libraries, Books Connect 2 demonstrates how books and reading can inspire innovative ways for libraries, museums and archives to work in partnership with the arts to develop new audiences and new venues for reading inspired creativity.