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Leicester expert discusses UK journalism with the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-expert-discusses-uk-journalism-with-the-bbc
Tor Clark (pictured), Associate Professor in Journalism from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, has recently appeared on BBC Radio Leicester discussing the current state of UK journalism and the role newspapers played in the outcome of the recent General Election.
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Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens
Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.
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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers
A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...
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The death penalty and international anti-drug operations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-death-penalty-and-international-anti-drug-operations
A human rights campaigner is to speak at our University on how European Union support for anti-drug operations internationally should change in light of the increased use of the death penalty for drug offences.
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Education and Social Justice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy3091
Module code: SY3091 This module is about fairness and social justice in education.
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Agile Cloud Automation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/co7217
Module code: CO7217 Cloud-based software system development involves a wide range of languages and notations, from high-level business modelling languages to low-level scripting languages, with many different abstraction facilities.
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Palaeobiology and the Stratigraphic Record
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl1103
Module code: GL1103 Without life, Earth would be a very different place: since organisms first appeared, more than 3 billion years ago, they have fundamentally changed the nature of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere.
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Bioinorganic Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch4208
Module code: CH4208 The field of bioorganic chemistry is the fusion of biochemistry and inorganic chemistry. It has a large number of real-world applications in areas such as medical science and environmental chemistry.
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Accounting expert wins national teaching award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/accounting-expert-wins-national-teaching-award
An expert in accounting and finance from the University of Leicester has been recognised with a national teaching award.
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Unique archaeological project reveals historic earthquake in Cyprus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/unique-archaeological-project-reveals-historic-earthquake-in-cyprus
A University of Leicester archaeology project has uncovered new information about an ancient, erosion-threatened port in Cyprus.