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Easter eggs hot cross buns and the microorganisms that help create them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/easter-eggs-hot-cross-buns-and-the-microorganisms-that-help-create-them
With supermarket shelves filled with chocolate at this time of year, little thought goes into how the humble cocoa bean eventually becomes the popular Easter egg.
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Expert in infectious diseases to call for research improvements during epidemics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/expert-in-infectious-diseases-to-call-for-research-improvements-during-epidemics
The research response to epidemics has been slow and our attitude to carrying out research in the midst of infectious disease outbreaks needs to change, an expert in infectious diseases will argue at a lecture on 18 November.
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East Midlands health innovation to be showcased at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/east-midlands-health-innovation-to-be-showcased-at-international-conference
A ground-breaking training project for junior doctors developed in Leicester and soon to be launched in Lincolnshire will be showcased to a global audience of health experts at an international event next Friday (24 April).
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Plant Sale and Family Day at Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/plant-sale-family-day-at-botanic-garden
The Botanic Garden Plant Sale & Family Day is taking place on Sunday 28 June between 11:00am - 5:00pm on Glebe Road, Oadby, LE2 2LD. It is the University’s biggest annual public open day, and an important fixture in the community's calendar.
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Leicester ranked in Europe’s top 100 innovative universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-reuters-top-100
The University of Leicester is ranked 76th in Reuters Europe’s Most Innovative Universities Ranking, equivalent to 16th in the UK.
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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.
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Climate of the Future, the View from the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl4111
Module code: GL4111 The Earth, its weather and its climate has been on a 4 billion year journey of climate change, which you'll explore during this module.
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Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl1104
Module code: GL1104 Where do the materials in my mobile phone come from? Should we mine in the Arctic? What are the viable alternatives to fossil fuels? How does the discovery of diamonds change the history of a country? Natural resources are the fundamental basis for the way...
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The Archaeology of Colonialism in the Americas
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3085
Module code: AR3085 Colonialism and its legacies structure the modern world today, both at home and further afield, responsible for inequalities in wealth and opportunity, attitudes to race and gender, configurations of power and knowledge.