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Student cricketers pitch up to support NHS Blood and Transplant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/student-cricketers-pitch-up-to-support-nhs-blood-and-transplant
Students are supporting a call for more young blood donors in Leicester. Players from the University of Leicester Cricket Club, 1sts, 2nds and the Development Squad will dress in their cricket whites to donate blood for the first time.
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Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling
Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore multiply the size of their gains and losses.
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Blooming crocuses usher in spring at popular Botanic Garden events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/blooming-crocuses-usher-in-spring-at-popular-botanic-garden-events
The University’s Botanic Garden will once again usher in springtime with two Crocus Sunday events showcasing the early springtime blooming of the flower.
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Mital Thanki
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/people/business-advisory-board/mital-thanki
Spark Academy was founded by Mital Thanki, who realised she had a passion for making positive societal change after she started tutoring whilst studying her undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester.
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Childrens experiences and responses to war in the nineteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/children2019s-experiences-and-responses-to-war-in-the-nineteenth-century
What we can learn about war from the writing of child soldiers in the nineteenth century will be explored in a BBC Radio 3 Essay on Thursday 22 March with Dr Emma Butcher from our School of Arts.
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Postgraduate study on campus
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/postgraduate
The University offers postgraduate programmes in Museum Studies both on campus and by distance learning. Find out more about our Masters courses.
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School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/12/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Parchment used in immersive experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-3/
10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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Leicester archaeology monographs
https://le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/monographs
Browse the monographs published by University of Leicester Archaeological Services.