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Museums as sanctuaries from hate?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2016/11/02/257/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 2, 2016 This morning I saw the front page of the Daily Mail (I’m not going to link to it. Google it if you must) as I walked past a news stand and it made me angry. Nothing new about that.
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UK university returns century-old gesture by gifting books to Smithsonian
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/smithsonian
The University of Leicester returned a 100-year-old gesture from the Smithsonian during a ceremony to cement the institutions’ transatlantic partnership.
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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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Reflecting, Revisiting, Removing: Sophie Swithinbank discusses inhabiting Waugh’s Oxford and the imp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/07/03/reflecting-revisiting-removing-sophie-swithinbank-discusses-inhabiting-waughs-oxford-and-the-important-role-the-david-bradshaw-creative-writing-residency-has-had-on-her-development-as-a-pl/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on July 3, 2019 Endings can be difficult. But last night’s performance at the Abingdon Arms was a jubilant, complete and perfect ending to what has been an incredible seven weeks of deep and intense focus on my writing practice.
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Cutting for Stone: Perception and Comfort in Patient-Centred Care
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/03/14/cutting-for-stone/
A review of Abraham Verghese's 2009 novel 'Cutting for Stone' which examines the novel's presentation of the importance of observation skills and compassionate care.
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle
Dr John Pearce, from King’s College London, is a co-author of the study. He added: “This unique object gives us our most detailed representation of this form of execution found in Roman Britain.
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Students Union to bust stress with petting zoo laser tag and crazy golf on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students2019-union-to-bust-stress-with-petting-zoo-laser-tag-and-crazy-golf
Laser tag, crazy golf and adorable animals are just three ways the Students’ Union is helping students tackle exam stress this summer as part of our University’s commitment to offering support for those dealing with the challenges of stress and mental health.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures Large Magellanic Cloud
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/28/james-webb-space-telescopes-coolest-instrument-captures-large-magellanic-cloud/
The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.
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Volunteering
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/charnwood-roots/volunteering
Victoria County History Trust volunteer interviews We are looking for people to help with the following activities: Documentary research Historic building surveys Oral history interviews Community digs and fieldwalking Landscape surveys Transcription...
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EXPERT COMMENT A Le Pen victory could unleash a tsunami of economic volatility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-comment-a-le-pen-victory-could-unleash-a-tsunami-of-economic-volatility
Professor Panicos Demetriades has suggested that a victory for Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential elections could 'unleash a tsunami of economic volatility', in an article for The Conversation.