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Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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The British Antislavery Movement, 1787-1833
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3768
Module code: HS3768 By the 1780s, Britain had become the world’s largest slave-trading nation, shipping around 40,000 slaves per year to its colonies in the New World.
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Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur
University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era
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Study uses bacteriophages to treat livestock as an alternative to antibiotics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-uses-bacteriophages-to-treat-livestock-as-an-alternative-to-antibiotics
A new study has looked into using bacteriophages as an alternative to antibiotics to treat common infections in livestock.
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Bake a 19th century mince pie with this old-time Christmas recipe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/bake-a-19th-century-mince-pie-with-this-old-time-christmas-recipe
‘Shred pies’, or mince pies as they are more commonly known, are a popular festive treat at Christmas time, having been consumed for centuries during the winter months.
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Internationally-renowned professor of space physics to present George Fraser Memorial Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/internationally-renowned-professor-of-space-physics-to-present-george-fraser-memorial-lecture
An internationally renowned professor of space physics will be presenting the second in the series of George Fraser Memorial Lectures at the University on Wednesday 14 October. Professor Fraser, who was Director of the Space Research Centre, died suddenly on 18 March 2014.
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Study determines performance appraisal success depends on frequent feedback and good standard setting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/study-determines-performance-appraisal-success-depends-on-frequent-feedback-and-good-standard-setting
Appraisal of employees often gets a bad press, but recent research suggests if it involves frequent feedback between the formal appraisal and good prior planning and communication of standards then it can be successful and appreciated by employees.
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University of Leicester and Alsama Project to establish a world-first certification to support displaced youth in accessing higher education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/leicester-alsama-project-world-first-certification-displaced-youth
New certification will enable displaced youth to apply to higher education institutions worldwide and seek employment, supporting students in overcoming disrupted and/or informal learning due to conflict or disaster
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Digital Marketing MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/digital-marketing-msc/2025
Our digital world is shaped by marketing, and marketing in turn adapts to the digital environment it operates in.
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Digital Marketing MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/digital-marketing-msc/2026
Our digital world is shaped by marketing, and marketing in turn adapts to the digital environment it operates in.