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Chicxulub crater Leicester researchers investigate what killed the dinosaurs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/chicxulub-crater
A team of scientists, including University of Leicester researchers, has now reached the midpoint of an International Ocean Discovery Programme investigating the Chicxulub crater site - the location of the meteorite impact associated with a mass extinction event 66 million...
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Book Group: Unconditional Surrender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/02/11/surrender/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on February 11, 2015 The Penguin edition of Unconditional Surrender In January, a small cohort of the Book Group met to discuss the last book in Waugh’s “Sword of Honour” trilogy: Unconditional Surrender , which appeared for the...
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Markets over Morals: Neoliberal Thought Has Always Struggled to Condemn Authoritarianism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/11/20/markets-over-morals-neoliberal-thought-has-always-struggled-to-condemn-authoritarianism/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on November 20, 2018 In this blog post Dr Chris Grocott, Lecturer in Management and Economic History in ULSB, discusses his research analysing the relationship between neoliberal economic thought and morality.
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What can Critics of Management and Critics of Economics learn from each other?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/02/19/what-can-critics-of-management-and-critics-of-economics-learn-from-each-other/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on February 19, 2014 Neil Lancastle, one of the School’s current PhD students, brings his experience of curricular reform in economics to bear upon the promises (and problems) of being “critical” in a School of Management.
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Love letter to Leicester Inner Ring Road may sooth the pain of city traffic jams
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/love-letter-to-leicester-inner-ring-road-may-sooth-the-pain-of-city-traffic-jams
A video produced by our University has been featured by the Leicester Mercury in an article discussing historical Leicester.
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Pathways to Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/post-16/progression-programmes/pathways-to-medicine
Have you just started Year 12? Are you thinking about studying medicine at university? Do you live within a one-hour commute tof the University of Leicester by public transport? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then the Pathways to Medicine...
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Law alumnus appointed to Government role
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/law-alumnus-appointed-to-government-role
A Leicester Law alumnus has been appointed as a Government foreign minister. Dr Addirdeiry Ahmed, who was awarded his PhD in Law by the University of Leicester in 2013, has recently been appointed Foreign Minister of Sudan.
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University Provost discusses proposals for universities to run schools
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-provost-discusses-proposals-for-universities-to-run-schools
The University’s Provost Professor Mark Peel has written a piece for the Times Educational Supplement discussing the Government’s consultation paper ‘Schools that work for everyone’ – asking whether universities should also be required to run a school.
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CAMEo event to explore the super-rich in an age of Trump
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/cameo-event-to-explore-the-super-rich-in-an-age-of-trump
The University's CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies is holding an event looking into the political power held by the super-rich on 17 May.
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Event aims to inspire academic achievement in local Bangladeshi community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/event-aims-to-inspire-academic-achievement-in-local-bangladeshi-community-1
The University's Department of Chemistry will be hosting an outreach event on Thursday 1 June, designed to encourage academic achievement in children of Bangladeshi heritage.