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UK governments urged to reconsider the practice of collective worship and religious observance in schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/uk-governments-urged-to-reconsider-the-practice-of-collective-worship-and-religious-observance-in-schools
The majority of schools in the UK are required by law to organise acts of collective worship (England, Northern Ireland, Wales) or religious observance (Scotland) for their pupils - but what is the purpose of collective worship/religious observance? A report launched today...
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65 Years of Space at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/space
The history of Space research at the University of Leicester
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Bake Off and Gardeners’ World stars top the bill at Leicester festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/bake-off-gardeners-world-stars-leicester-festival
Stars from Gardeners’ World and The Great British Bake Off top the bill of a family friendly festival taking place in Leicester.
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Volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/charnwood-roots/volunteering
Victoria County History Trust volunteer interviews We are looking for people to help with the following activities: Documentary research Historic building surveys Oral history interviews Community digs and fieldwalking Landscape surveys Transcription...
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Make yourself at gnome the fashionable hermit in the garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/gnome-man2019s-land-the-fashionable-hermit-in-the-garden
The curious story of garden hermits - from their distant ancestors in imperial Rome to their humble modern counterpart, the dapper garden gnome - will be told at a free public lecture on Thursday 14 May.
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Young Leicester artists raise money for charity through ‘Hopefulness’ exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/aac-hopefulness
A new exhibition featuring the work of budding artists from Leicester College has opened at the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of Leicester’s public arts programme. The Art and Design students were asked what ‘hope’ meant to them.
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New Friends of the Botanic Garden talks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-friends-of-the-botanic-garden-talks
In March the Friends of the Garden begin a new series of informal talks to complement their evening winter lecture programme. These will be held on Wednesdays at the Botanic Garden, in the Knoll House.
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Survey into the nation’s mental health will inform public policy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/mental-health-survey
The University of Leicester is conducting a national mental health and well-being survey to help inform public policy in England
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Major research investment into national land use transformation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/land-use-net-zero
University of Leicester and The James Hutton Institute are co-leading a transdisciplinary hub looking to bridge the gap between science and policy to achieve Net Zero
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Our book ‘Authentic Recipes from Around the World’ is out
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/10/26/our-book-authentic-recipes-from-around-the-world-is-out/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on October 26, 2015 Our much-anticipated book, entitled ‘Authentic Recipes from Around the World’ (HAT Events, 2015), written by the investigators of the project (Emma-Jayne Abbots, Anna Charalambidou, Elaine Forde, Ana...