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Mantle Oral History collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/mantle-oral-history
The Mantle Oral History Project collection is an extensive collection of interviews with residents of the Coalville and Whitwick areas between 1984 and 1992. Find out more about the collection.
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University stamp features on postbox to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail Special Stamps
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-stamp-to-feature-on-postbox-in-leicester-to-mark-the-50th-anniversary-of-royal-mail-special-stamps
The stamp of the University of Leicester issued in 1971 was unveiled today by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle on a post box in Leicester to mark the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail’s much-loved modern Special Stamps programme.
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PhD student invited to Vienna to present his research on how living things become fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/phd-student-invited-to-vienna-to-present-his-research-on-how-living-things-become-fossils
A palaeontologist has been invited to Vienna to talk about his doctoral research in the field taphonomy – the process of fossilisation.
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University of Leicester film wins prestigious Learning On Screen Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/harms-of-hate
University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies has won a Learning On Screen Award 2024 for its short film, Revisiting the Harms of Hate.
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Waugh in Italy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2018/12/13/waugh-in-italy/
Review of Return to Waugh event hosted by the British Council, Milan, 17 November 2018, by Milena Borden
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Expert discusses popularity of ITVs Love Island with the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-discusses-popularity-of-itvs-love-island-with-the-bbc
The phenomenon that is ‘Love Island’ on ITV2 was discussed by an academic from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology today (Wednesday, 12 July) on BBC Radio Leicester.
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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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Popular new course will put University of Leicester on the map as an institution for inclusive education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/popular-new-course-university-leicester-inclusive-education
An exciting and innovative Leicester course has proven instantly popular with students from the Midlands and beyond, bucking national trends in further education.
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The Political Economy of the New Media
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7516
Module code: MS7516 Module co-ordinator: Dr Vincent Campbell Module Outline This module invites students to integrate the concerns traditionally associated with communication research with those arising from the changing communications industries.
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Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics
The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.