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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century
Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.
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Alumni
https://le.ac.uk/media/alumni
Media Com has been especially designed to provide our graduates with the latest news and information on Media and Communication alumni. Please do get in touch with us to reconnect.
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Film footage offers unique insight into Richard III burial site dig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/film-footage-offers-unique-insight-into-richard-iii-burial-site-dig
The University has released a unique insight into the archaeological dig that has captured the imagination of the world, with new film footage of a second excavation at the site where the remains of King Richard III were discovered in 2012.
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Working in partnership with the Primary PGCE
https://le.ac.uk/education/school-partnerships/primary-partnership
Find out how your primary school can work in partnership with the School of Education at the University of Leicester - including hosting PGCE Focus Days placements, recruitment and joining our Partnership Management Group.
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Mathematics and its Impact on Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ma1257
Module code: MA1257 This module explores the relationship between mathematics and society through a series of case studies detailing particular examples of areas of mathematics that were developed to meet specific needs of society.
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Diabetes researcher listed as a top ethnic minority health leader in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/diabetes-research
A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ has been named as one of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic minority background making a profound difference in the NHS.
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The Limits of Neoliberalism: An Interview with Will Davies*
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/04/15/the-limits-of-neoliberalism-an-interview-with-will-davies/
Posted by Stephen Dunne in School of Business Blog on April 15, 2015 Stephen Dunne (henceforth SD): Can I ask you to recount, when you set out on the book , what you were trying to do and in relation to what body of work? WD: The main question I had, following on from...
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Dr Robert Owen ‘Toby’ Law
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/toby-law
The University regrets to report the death of Dr Toby Law, who was for more than 30 years a member of academic staff. Toby was appointed to a University Lectureship in 1971 in the then new Department of Physiology (formed in 1968) and in 1987 was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/about
Project background and methodology From the 18th century, many technological innovations (such as gas and electric light, bells and telephones, piped water supplies, heating systems and sanitation) became available but the isolated nature of many country estates meant that...
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Take a visual tour of womens influence throughout University history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/take-a-visual-tour-of-women2019s-influence-throughout-university-history
From the first female students in 1921, to the first black female president of the Students’ Union in 1975, to the present day, women have played a vital role in our University's history, an exhibition currently being held at the Library reveals.