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Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/31/transporting-convicts-from-new-zealand-to-van-diemens-land/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on October 31, 2017 By Dr Kristyn Harman Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania Like many New Zealanders, I grew up hearing stories about the Australian penal colonies, particularly anecdotes of London...
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Unicorns to inspire the next space entrepreneurs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/2018unicorns2019-to-inspire-the-next-space-entrepreneurs
Some of the most ambitious and high value start-ups are likely to develop in space-related industries and the University of Leicester is showing student and graduate entrepreneurs how they could create their own ‘unicorn from space’.
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Dr Suzie Imber inspires young girls to pursue careers in space science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/dr-suzie-imber-inspires-young-girls-to-pursue-careers-in-space-science
Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy recently appeared in an episode of Channel 4’s ‘The Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year Olds’ where she spoke to young girls about pursuing a career in space science.
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Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/evelyn-waugh-and-his-circle-reading-and-editing-the-complete-works/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on May 27, 2014 As many of you might know already, in 2015 we are planning a glitzy international Evelyn Waugh conference here in Leicester. Richard III is SO 2013.
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The schoolboy sketches of John Leech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...
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Bowmer + Kirkland appointed as constructors of Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/01-bk-space-park
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce Bowmer + Kirkland (B+K) have been appointed to construct Phase 1 of Space Park Leicester.
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Syria
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/middle-east/syria
We welcome students from Syria. Find out about entry requirements, the Syrian student community and other country-specific information.
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Daniel Panne
https://le.ac.uk/people/daniel-panne
The academic profile of Professor Daniel Panne, Professor in Structural Biology at University of Leicester
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Hanna Kwon
https://le.ac.uk/people/hanna-kwon
The academic profile of Dr Hanna Kwon, Lecturer in Structural Biology at University of Leicester
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Hanif Kureishi: the Assemblage of a Native Informant
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/03/06/hanif-kureishi-the-assemblage-of-a-native-informant/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on March 6, 2015 There are few writers alive in Britain today who can elicit such polarised, or at best highly qualified, responses as Hanif Kureishi (except, perhaps, his fellow writer and friend Salman Rushdie).