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As China opens the worlds longest glassbottomed bridge researcher highlights how glass was a symbol of power to ancient cultures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/as-china-opens-the-worlds-longest-glass-bottomed-bridge-researcher-highlights-how-glass-was-a-2018symbol-of-power2019-to-ancient-cultures
Last weekend, the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge opened to visitors in central China, connecting two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.
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Nick Everett
https://le.ac.uk/people/nick-everett
The academic profile of Mr Nick Everett, Associate Professor in American Literature & Creative Writing at University of Leicester
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Leicester academic heads judging panel to land robot on the moon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-academic-heads-judging-panel-to-land-robot-on-the-moon
An academic from our University has been elected to Chair a judging panel in a global $30 million prize competition to land a robot on the moon.
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Colombias worldleading approach to higher education and research affords opportunities for UK academics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/colombias-world-leading-approach-to-higher-education-and-research-affords-opportunities-for-uk-academics
Professor Paul van Gardingen (pictured), Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International and Development Research at our University, was part of a delegation of academics working at institutions across the UK recently sent to Colombia to build research links in the Latin...
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Our academics present at British Science Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/our-academics-present-at-british-science-festival
Researchers have revealed a revolutionary DNA swab they predict will increase prosecutions of sexual violence perpetrators on a global scale.
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Leicester professor judges space travel competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-professor-judges-space-travel-competition
Professor Alan Wells, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the University’s Space Research Centre is playing a lead role in a global multi-million pound prize competition - Google Lunar XPRIZE - to land a robot on the moon.
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Intellectual Property Law
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3380
Module code: LW3380 Intellectual Property encompasses a vast array of artistic, technological and economic endeavours that permeate our daily lives. IP has, over the last 20-30 years, attracted growing attention from commercial, political and legal disciplines.
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Islamic Law
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3514
Module code: LW3514 Whether concerning Islamophobia, debates about free speech limitations, women’ rights or counterterrorism policies, Islam and Islamic Law consistently remain at the forefront of global discourse.
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Star Wars: A Cultural History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ha3488
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What Difference Did the War Make? British Society and the Great War, 1900-1939
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs3620
Module code: HS3620 The Great War, later known as the First World War, is frequently seen as the first of a particular and new kind of conflict. The first industrialised ‘total’ war whose impact was felt on an unprecedented scale - and was global in scope.