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UK First as new NHS study of digital ‘smart inhalers’ for children with asthma starts in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/asthma
A new study, led by the University of Leicester, exploring the use of Smart Inhalers to prevent asthma flare-ups in children and young people has started in the city.
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Researchers use NASA’s Webb to map weather of planet 280 light-years away
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/clouds-wasp-43b
Atmospheric modelling led in part by University of Leicester reveals true extent of clouds on distant world reveals WASP-43 b is cloudy on the nightside but mostly clear on the dayside, with equatorial winds howling around the planet at 5,000 miles per hour
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The library in the penal colony: Chekhov’s unsung gift to Sakhalin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/06/07/the-library-in-the-penal-colony-chekhovs-unsung-gift-to-sakhalin/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on June 7, 2017 Chekhov’s contribution to the cultural landscape of the Sakhalin penal colony (1868-1905), the establishment of several school libraries containing more than 2,200 volumes for the island’s...
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A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies: book launch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/31/a-global-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies-book-launch/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 31, 2018 On July 4th 2018, the eminent scholar of empire, Professor Philippa Levine (University of Texas, Austin), launched my edited volume, A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies, at the annual conference of...
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Summer Holidays
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/23/happy-holidays/
Blog post recalling Summer Holidays taken by people from Leicester and Leicestershire, as recorded in the East Midlands Oral History Archive
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Frequently asked questions
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/undergraduate/faqs
If you have questions about studying Archaeology or Ancient History with us as an undergraduate, you can find the answers here on our frequently asked questions page.
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Explore new worlds with Leicester space scientists at National Space Centre’s UK in Space Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/space-festival-nsc
University of Leicester researchers will join experts at a National Space Centre event for space enthusiasts of all ages.
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Ecuadorian thoughts on religion, power and the subaltern classes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/07/10/ecuadorian-thoughts-on-religion-power-and-the-subaltern-classes/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on July 10, 2016 The Iglesia de la Merced , in Quito, was built in 1737 on the remains of the original church that dated from 1538 – four years after the foundation of the city.
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Esteemed academics from top UK universities to take part in Black in Academia panel event at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/esteemed-academics-from-top-uk-universities-to-take-part-in-2018black-in-academia2019-panel-event-at-leicester
An upcoming event at the University of Leicester will see some of Britain’s leading academic minds take part in a discussion on equality in Higher Education on Thursday 26 October.
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Masters students announced as winners in innovative ideas competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/master2019s-students-announced-as-winners-in-innovative-ideas-competition
A team of Master’s students has been announced as a winner of the JISC Summer of Innovation Student Ideas competition.