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• A World Connected: Economy, Wellbeing and Sustainability since 1945

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2329

  Module code: HS2329 Why was there a population explosion, and what could be done about it? Did global living standards become more or less equal? Did western countries ‘deindustrialise’? How and why did the role of government change? This module introduces you to the...

• Poppy Pilgrimage

  https://le.ac.uk/poppy-pilgrimage

  In 2018 the University of Leicester launched a Poppy Pilgrimage to mark 100 years since the University’s foundation as a living memorial.

• National Civil War Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/national-civil-war-centre

  The Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester and the National Civil War Centre (NCWC) have been working together to transform the public history of the British and Irish Civil Wars since 2012, when Newark Museum began its transformation, with the help...

• Peatland protection

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/peatland-protection

  Peatlands around the world are being destroyed to make way for plantation development, logging and mining.

• 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...

• Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations

  Psychosis is a term which describes experiences where an individual may have difficulties in determining what is real and what is not real.  Research indicates psychosis is associated with experiencing trauma, adverse life events, and stress.

• Leicester diabetes education firm triumphs in national industry awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/30-leicester-diabetes-education-firm-triumphs-national-industry-awards

  People showing off an award at a ceremony 2295|An NHS organisation that delivers training programmes to healthcare professionals to improve their care and knowledge in diabetes has won a prestigious national award for excellence.

• Year in industry with Deutsche Bank sets student Cybill Smith up for a career at Barclays

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/year-in-industry-with-deutsche-bank-sets-student-cybill-smith-up-for-a-career-at-barclays

  One of this week’s graduating students has expressed how pausing academic study, to spend a year working for Deutsche Bank, was an invaluable experience in terms of developing her professional skills and preparing her for the next step in her career.

• Richard III College Court and University arts centre celebrated at regional tourism awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/richard-iii-and-university-arts-centre-celebrated-at-regional-tourism-awards

  Gold awards at this year’s Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards have been presented to several organisations and projects that involve our University.

• Talking statues

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/talking-statues

  Talking Statues was an innovative and novel project that used playwrights, actors and mobile technology to put words into the mouths of public statues.