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Latin American Literature and Film
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sp1031
Module code: SP1031 This module introduces you to the study of film and narrative fiction from Latin America. The written and film texts studied will be from the contemporary and twentieth century periods and will be from a range of countries in the region.
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Educational experiments arrive safely at International Space Station
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/educational-experiments-arrive-safely-in-space
A kit of experiments to teach fundamental physics and chemistry to UK students has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) for British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake to run during his six month mission in space.
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Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/formation-and-evolution-of-galaxies
The traditional strength of the group in studying the evolution of active galaxies (AGNs) is all part of the wider quest to trace the history of elements, stars, galaxies, extragalactic structure and blackholes through cosmic time, along with providing a context for the...
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Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies explores interdisciplinary research one step at a time through the power of walking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/walking
A new University of Leicester project hopes to explore the ‘power of walking’ and how it impacts academics’ research processes.
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BBC rewind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/bbc-rewind/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 BBC rewind The Rewind archive contains tens of thousands of individual clips from the BBC’s news and current affairs output from across the UK, including both regional and...
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The HERstroy Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/the-herstroy-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 The HERstory Project is a student-led site containing largely early-career researchers’ work in progress.
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Industry and academia partners to join European research initiative to fight Alzheimers dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/industry-and-academia-partners-to-join-european-research-initiative-to-fight-alzheimers-dementia
An alliance of academia and industry, including the University of Leicester, has announced the start of a novel collaboration, the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia (EPAD) Initiative, to test innovative treatments for the prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.
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Peter Jackson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/peter-jackson
The University has learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Peter Jackson, one of the longest serving members of our academic staff. A funeral service for Professor Jackson will be held at 12.
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Changing the face of British sport governance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/12-sporting-equals
Sporting Equals and the University of Leicester are partners in a New LeaderBoard Academy in Sports Governance
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Bibliotherapy: Engaging with Asylum Seekers and Refugees
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/10/28/bibliotherapy-engaging-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in School of English Blog on October 28, 2013 I was recently invited by my friend and former colleague Christine Chettle, a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, to lead a guest workshop for STAR (Student Action for Refugees) in...