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University of Leicester and Sporting Equals address lack of diversity in sports leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/leaderboard
A programme designed to support and prepare people from minority ethnic backgrounds for future governance and leadership roles in UK sport has completed its fourth year.
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The Hidden Hate Podcast Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/the-hidden-hate-podcast-series/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Amy Clarke Research Fellow, Centre for Hate Studies In the summer of 2022, the Centre for Hate Studies (CHS) created a brand-new podcast series, Hidden Hate, hosted by...
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School of English Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/page/6/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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AboutUs
https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us
Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.
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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Battlefield feeling changing perceptions of masculinity in war
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/2018battlefield-feeling2019-changes-perceptions-of-masculinity-in-war
A new project led by Dr Holly Furneaux from the School of English will shake up traditional views of masculinity on the battlefield by exploring the heroism of the English ‘Boy Captain’ Audley Lempriere, who gave his life fighting during the Crimean War.
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Survey reveals new archaeological findings at threatened ancient harbour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/survey-reveals-new-archaeological-findings-at-threatened-ancient-harbour
An expedition by a team from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at Dreamer’s Bay, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus between 10 to 22 September 2015 has unearthed a series of ancient artefacts.
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Competition offers publication and prizes for new fiction writers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/competition-offers-publication-and-prizes-for-new-fiction-writers
Following its successful first year, the free Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning Summer Short Story Competition is now open for 2015, inviting writers and storytellers throughout Leicestershire to take part in a writing competition where the only limit is their...
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Nobel peace prize nominee held captive by IS gives public lecture - photo gallery added
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-held-captive-by-is-to-give-public-lecture
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who was held captive by Islamic State members and whose six brothers were murdered by them, spoke out at the University of Leicester on The Struggle of Yazidis Against IS.
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Leicester’s Jupiter research cited on new Royal Mail set
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-jupiter-stamp
The latest commemorative stamps from Royal Mail celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society. And the work of space scientists in our School of Physics and Astronomy gets a mention. Jupiter’s auroras feature on one of the £1.55 stamps.