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A story to … awaken thrilling horror
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/31/a-story-to-awaken-thrilling-horror/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 31, 2016 University of Leicester Special Collections. Frontispiece to the first illustrated edition of Frankenstein, drawn by Theodor von Holst and engraved by W. Chevalier.
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The Oxford Group
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/the-oxford-group
Our two-year Leverhulme-funded research project examines the contribution made to the emergence (or rather re-emergence) of the idea of animal rights made by a group of young people - mainly postgraduate philosophy students - who congregated in Oxford for a few short years -...
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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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We should be paying more Tax, Not Less!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/12/03/we-should-be-paying-more-tax-not-less/
Posted by Richard Courtney in School of Business Blog on December 3, 2014 On the day of 2014’s Autumn Statement, Richard Courtney , Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, opposes the ideology of minimum taxation I used to get excited by budget statements.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/205/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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UK scientists generate electricity from rare element to power future space missions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-americium-electricity-space-power
Experts have generated electricity from a rare chemical element for the first time which may mean future space missions can be powered for up to 400 years.
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Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month
Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK
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Joe Carr: Music and education on the East Coast
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/joe-carr
Museum Studies graduate Joe Carr talks about his life and career after graduating from Leicester in 2002.
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Radiography lecturer awarded MBE for services to forensic investigation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/mbe
Radiography senior lecturer Dr Claire Robinson has been awarded an MBE for services to forensic investigation as part of the King’s Birthday Honours
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...