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History and Memory in French Literature and Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/fr2047
Module code: FR2047 How do people and nations deal with past events and catastrophes? How are these narrated and remembered? This module sets out to analyse how French literature represents key historical events and how these narratives relate to matters of identity and to...
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Kidney disease patients can benefit from lifting weights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/kidney-disease-patients-can-benefit-from-lifting-weights
Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease.
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Discovery of how limiting damage from an asthma attack could stop disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/asthma-prevention
Leicester scientists are part of a team which has discovered a new cause for asthma that sparks hope for treatment that could prevent the life-threatening disease.
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Centre for Hate Studies Submits Report on Anti-LGBTI Hate Crime in Poland for United Nations Review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lgbt
University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies has published a report on anti-LGBTI hate crime in Poland.
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Exploring antibiotic prescribing in South Africa and Sri Lanka: A brief travel report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2017/09/27/exploring-antibiotic-prescribing-in-south-africa-and-sri-lanka-a-brief-travel-report/
Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on September 27, 2017 Think university research is abstract and boring? Think again! I love my academic job, because it combines meaningful research on global health problems with...
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TV stardom for the worst singer on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tv-stardom-for-the-worst-singer-on-campus
There are many talented singers at the University of Leicester, from LU Voices to the Chamber Choir to the Band and Gig Society – but Mike Simpson isn’t one of them.
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Introduction to Heritage and Interpretation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7571
Module code: MU7571 This module will teach you to: Develop an understanding of the historical development of ‘heritage’ as a concept and demonstrate an awareness of the disciplinary frameworks of heritage and their contested nature Distinguish between and discuss...
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Sand clouds, water vapour and sulphur dioxide detected on nearby exoplanet using world-leading space telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/jwst-sand-clouds
New study that has discovered ‘sand clouds’ on a planet orbiting a nearby star using James Webb Space Telescope involves University of Leicester space scientist, using the MIRI instrument that University engineers and scientists helped design and develop.
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New research project to compare experiences of violence homicide and mental health among sex workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-research-project-to-compare-experiences-of-violence-homicide-and-mental-health-among-sex-workers
Professor Teela Sanders and Dr Rosie Campbell OBE from the Department of Criminology have written an article for Think: Leicester discussing their new research project and the significance of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, which...
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The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp3145
Module code: SP3145 In this module we will study films from all periods of the work of this leading director of Spanish and World Cinema. The key aspects of Buñuel’s work will be considered, including surrealism, psychoanalysis ethics and humour.