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Shanty Towns and Museums in Rio de Janeiro
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/04/03/shanty-towns-and-museums-in-rio-de-janeiro/
Posted by Sheila Watson in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 3, 2013 Every now and then something takes your breath away and makes you rethink everything you ever thought you knew about museums.
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Holocaust awareness event to pay tribute to liberators of Belsen camp
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/holocaust-awareness-event-to-pay-tribute-to-liberators-of-belsen
Today is the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, first celebrated on 8 May 1945, which marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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Celebrating graduation photos videos and more online
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/celebrating-graduation-photos-videos-and-more-online
Congratulations to all of the students who have graduated last week and to the distinguished leaders who received honorary degrees from the University at our degree ceremonies from 11 - 14 July.
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Interpreting documents
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-sources/interpreting-documents
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This section provides advice on how to interpret sources. This is a challenge that is faced by all historians, and is a key aspect of what it means to do history.
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Georgios Patsiaouras
https://le.ac.uk/people/georgios-patsiaouras
The academic profile of Dr Georgios Patsiaouras, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumption at University of Leicester
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Leicester researchers develop novel heart pump to help people with heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-novel-new-pump-to-help-people-with-heart-failure
SZ92jwoXe1k|Dr David Adlam, Associate Professor and Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Piyal Samara-Ratna, Mechanical Engineer in the Space Research Centre, have joined forces to combine medical and space research to develop a pump...
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Ancient Akrotiri Project Cyprus
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/big-antiquity/ancient-akrotiri-project-cyprus
The Ancient Akrotiri Project Cyprus is an Archaeological research project on an ancient harbour and other Classical and Byzantine settlements at Akrotiri, Cyprus. A collaboration with the University of Southampton, UK Ministry of Defence and local communities.
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A chance to meet artist Chila Kumari Burman
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/a-chance-to-meet-artist-chila-kumari-burman
This Friday, Embrace Arts will host London-based artist Chila Kumari Burman for a talk to mark the 130th anniversary of the Leicester Society of Artists and to accompany an exhibition of her recent works at the University’s arts centre.
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Space Park Leicester and Perpetual Atomics achieve historic first in radioisotope heater unit safety testing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/space-park-leicester-perpetual-atomics-radioisotope-heater-unit-safety-testing
Success for University of Leicester and spinout company Perpetual Atomics Ltd as containment system undergoes impact test campaign and a leap forward for deployment of americium radioisotope power systems
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/resources
Over the five years the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain project ran, the team participated in and ran a series of events, produced resources and were included as part of a major British Museum exhibition.