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God(desse)s, Wo(men), and Monsters in the Early Germanic World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3168
Module code: EN3168 In this module you will explore the myths and legends of the Germanic tribes, particularly as represented in Old English and Old Norse sources.
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Leicester Abbey and the missing remains of Cardinal Wolsey righthand man to Henry VIII
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-abbey-and-the-missing-remains-of-cardinal-wolsey-right-hand-man-to-henry-viii
The discovery of Richard III and the subsequent research into his remains has helped to acquaint members of the public with the nation’s history – and now some have set their sights on the search for another lost historical figure in Leicester.
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‘Closing the Gender Pay gap would take 95 years’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/closing-the-gender-pay-gap-would-take-95-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Across OECD nations at current rates of progress according to the latest PWC Women in work report.
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1st February 2018 Sol 1952 Vera Rubin Ridge and Scotland on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/02/01/1st-february-2018-sol-1952-vera-rubin-ridge-and-scotland-on-mars/
Mars Science Laboratory
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Introducing SKYLARK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/introducing-skylark/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project.
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How the future species of Earth may view fossils left behind after mankinds extinction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/how-the-future-species-of-earth-may-view-fossils-left-behind-after-mankind2019s-extinction
Giant hyper-evolved rats 100 million years from now, carefully and logically analysing petrified remains from the long-vanished human civilization – and getting the interpretation completely wrong! That is the theme of a collaboration between the artist Anne-Sophie...
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10th November 2017 Sol 1871 – Scottish Quadrangle on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/11/10/10th-november-2017-sol-1871-scottish-quadrangle-on-mars/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 10, 2017 The field area for Curiosity along its traverse (currently nearly 18 km) is divided into a series of map qaudrangles. Each of these has outcrop and feature names based on a region of Earth e.g.
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FIA Formula 1 virtual racing is coming to the University of Leicester campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/24-virtual-formula-1
Two new high performance car aerodynamic designs will be competing against each other at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 28 May 2019.
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Researchers provide new insights into gene regulation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-provide-new-insights-into-gene-regulation
A team of researchers led by the our University has shed new light on how the regulation machinery that controls gene expression works by characterising a complex known as the NuRD complex.
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Will Trump make nuclear war more likely? University of Leicester expert gives his view
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/trump-nuclear
An expert in global nuclear politics from the University of Leicester has warned Donald Trump’s presidential era could put more responsibility on the UK to lead on nuclear deterrence in Europe.