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Introduction to the History of Art 1: Antiquity to Baroque
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha1112
Module code: HA1112 This module surveys the history of art from classical antiquity to the Dutch Golden Age. Across this module, we will investigate why this 'canon' of great works and great artists (whether one accepts it or not) came to be.
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Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology
PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and preparations for Mars Sample Return
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Leicester student skydives from 10000 feet to raise money for charity founded by the man who saved her life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-student-skydives-from-10-000-feet-to-raise-money-for-charity-founded-by-the-man-who-saved-her-life
Student from our University and unequivocal star of the summer Abbie Brown skydived from 10,000 feet in August to raise money for children’s charity ‘Chain of Hope’- an organisation that has a very personal connection to her.
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Thinking About Convict Objects, in French Guiana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/11/28/thinking-about-convict-objects-in-french-guiana/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 28, 2015 In the Musée Départemental Alexandre Franconie in Cayenne there is a room dedicated to the history of the French colonial bagne (prison).
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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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University of Leicester School of English Staff Blog The Soles of Harborough Folk: New Digital Resou
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/11/11/the-soles-of-harborough-folk-new-digital-resources-reveal-leicestershires-shoemaking-past/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on November 11, 2014 [Posted on behalf of Corinne Fowler] Wise souls talk to young souls about shoe soles.
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£2.6 million to create new approach to care for the under 40s with type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/m3-diabetes
Funding for a five-year project, that aims to develop a new type of care package that addresses gaps in support for people under 40 living with type 2 diabetes, has been awarded to a research team in Leicester. The £2.
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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/18/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Bacteriophages
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages
Bacteriophage (phage) are small viruses that infect bacteria. They are either lytic: they undergo a productive infection within a bacterial cell causing death or they are lysogenic. The study of phage can be utilised for the treatment of antibiotic resistant infection.
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/facilities
We have a range of facilities to support our students and researchers in the George Porter Building and neighbouring Materials Centre in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester.