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Professor Paul Baines becomes the new Mayor of Charnwood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/paul-baines-charnwood-mayor
Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing at the University of Leicester and councillor for Anstey, has been chosen as the new Mayor of Charnwood. The new Mayor was sworn in as the 48th first citizen of the borough at the Council’s Annual Meeting on Monday 17 May 2021.
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News and events
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/news-and-events
Read our latest news and see upcoming events from MedRACE .
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Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft
Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on Thursday 7 May, taking place at 6:00pm in the Rattray Lecture Theatre.
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The effect of place and space: Understanding everyday participation
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/place-space
Read more about the research conducted by Dr Varina Delrieu and Dr Lisanne Gibson into the effect of place and space.
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Funny bones macabre humour in the Dance of Death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/funny-bones-macabre-humour-in-the-2018dance-of-death2019
The haunting tale of a married couple who tragically lost nine of their ten children in infancy and later died in a state of Dickensian poverty sounds like a fitting story for Halloween - but for many people in the 19th century this exposure to death was commonplace and...
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Highlights from Sir David Attenboroughs visit to the University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/highlights-from-sir-david-attenboroughs-visit-to-the-university
Sir David Attenborough's lecture on 'Beauty in Nature' on Thursday 28 January saw De Montfort Hall packed with audience members eager to hear the renowned broadcaster discuss his experiences with the natural world.
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Pet Shop Boys visit the Orton collection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-pet-shop-boys
Photo: Phil Fisk|Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, aka Pet Shop Boys, recently visited the Orton Collection at the University of Leicester during a trip to the city to attend a rehearsal of Hanif Kureishi’s play My Beautiful Laundrette at Curve, for which they wrote new music.
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University celebrates milestone 100 articles on The Conversation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/university-reaches-100-articles-milestone-on-the-conversation
Academics from across the University have collectively published 100 articles on The Conversation, setting a new milestone for Leicester in delivering expert opinion pieces in response to topical news.
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The Science of Reading to be explored in Professorial Inaugural Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-science-of-reading-to-be-explored-in-professorial-inaugural-lecture
A free public lecture hosted by the University of Leicester will provide an insight into how the brain learns to read and how reading behaviour changes with age on Thursday 16 March.
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The Politics of War and Peace: Northern Ireland After 1972
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl3103
Module code: PL3103 During the Troubles, Northern Ireland saw 30 years of violence, disorder and chaos. But the worst year of them all was 1972; a year that changed the nature of Northern Ireland forever.