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University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor knighted in King’s New Year Honours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/university-leicester-vice-chancellor-knighted-kings-new-year-honours
University of Leicester’s President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah has been knighted in the 2026 King’s New Year Honours.
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Macron’s railway reforms: the ultimate test for French trade unionism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/04/19/macrons-railway-reforms-the-ultimate-test-for-french-trade-unionism/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on April 19, 2018 In this blog Dr Heather Connolly reflects on the on-going strike action in France.
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School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/4/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Conversations With… Dr Tom Stallard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/20/conversations-with-dr-tom-stallard/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 November 2020 Dr Tom Stallard is the Post-graduate Tutor in the School of Physics and Astronomy as well as being an Associate Professor of Planetary Astronomy.
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Shanty Towns and Museums in Rio de Janeiro
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/04/03/shanty-towns-and-museums-in-rio-de-janeiro/
Posted by Sheila Watson in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 3, 2013 Every now and then something takes your breath away and makes you rethink everything you ever thought you knew about museums.
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Study
https://le.ac.uk/history/study
History at Leicester has an outstanding reputation for teaching and research across a wide geographical and chronological range.
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Classics from my Childhood, a Literary Leicester Event
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2026/05/01/classics-from-my-childhood-a-literary-leicester-event/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on May 1, 2026 Guest post written by Alyssa Walker (BA Ancient History and History), as part of a student placement hosted by Archives & Special Collections for the 2nd year History module, ‘Working with History: The...
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Andrew Dunn: Page 192
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/192/
Academic Librarian.
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Chinese Prisoners on Cockatoo Island, Sydney
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/06/21/chinese-prisoners-cockatoo-island/
Chinese prisoners and former gold-diggers who were imprisoned on Cockatoo Island in Sydney (New South Wales). Explores how they were disadvantaged within the colonial justice system and how they resisted imprisonment.
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Attitudes to Convict Ancestry: Documentary Review
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/12/02/convict-ancestry-documentary/
Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on December 2, 2016 In this blog post I review the documentary ‘A Secret History of my Family: Gadbury Sisters’ , which aired in 2016, and discuss how it reflects changing attitudes to convict ancestry amongst British and...