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Celebrating Leicester’s Citizens of Change on National Graduates Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/national-graduates-day
The University of Leicester is marking National Graduates Day to celebrate the resilience and achievements of graduates from the class of 2020 180 students from the University’s School of Medicine graduated early this year to join the NHS as part of a national effort against...
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Aerial monitors explore reed die-back condition around lakes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/aerial-monitors-explore-reed-die-back-condition
An international team led by Professor Heiko Baltzer from the Department of Geography has developed a way to increase our understanding of the die-back of reeds throughout Europe - including popular tourist areas - through satellite and aircraft monitoring systems.
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Exploring the hidden world of eighteenth-century male bodies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/exploring-the-hidden-world-of-eighteenth-century-male-bodies
Dr Sarah Goldsmith from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has been selected as a ‘New Generation Thinker’ for 2018 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC, where she will be gaining skills in disseminating research...
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Expert opinions cover Antarctic volcanoes referendums and the menopause
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/expert-opinions-cover-antarctic-volcanoes-and-a-tale-of-two-referendums
Professor John Smellie from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment has written an article for The Conversation discussing how the eruption of volcanoes situated strategically close to any of Antarctica’s ice streams could cause significant amounts of...
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The Bulletin Leicester looks back at Richard III reinterment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-looks-back-at-richard-iii-reinterment
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how the University of Leicester has been marking the one year anniversary of the reinterment of King Richard III, discover which Leicester academic has been announced as the next...
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University joins local organisations in marking Holocaust Memorial Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/university-joins-local-organisations-in-marking-holocaust-memorial-day
The millions of people killed in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur will be remembered at an event at the University of Leicester on 28 January for Holocaust Memorial Day.
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University economist delivers keynote speech on the recovery of banks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-economist-delivers-keynote-speech-on-the-recovery-of-banks
An academic from the University’s School of Business delivered the final keynote at the Twelfth Asia-Pacific High-level Meeting in Bali, Indonesia on 22-23 March.
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Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA)
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/diverse-heritage/endangered-archaeology-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa
The University of Leicester School of Archaeology and Ancient History Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project
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Domestic Revolutions: Women, Men, and the Family in American History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2311
Module code:HS2311 What do the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 tell us about Puritan attitudes to young and old women? What impact did slavery have on the black family? When did the ‘American teenager’ first make his/her appearance? What does Teddy Roosevelt's image...
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Domestic Revolutions: Women, Men, and the Family in American History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2311
Module code:HS2311 What do the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 tell us about Puritan attitudes to young and old women? What impact did slavery have on the black family? When did the ‘American teenager’ first make his/her appearance? What does Teddy Roosevelt's image...