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Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/engineering-the-past
An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the University of Leicester this March.
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University of Leicester supports Government pledge to end victim NDA use
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/end-victim-nda
The University of Leicester has supported a call to action from the Department of Education, by signing a pledge to end the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) when dealing with student and staff complaints of sexual misconduct, bullying and other unacceptable behaviour.
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Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts
A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.
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Research communications gains national award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/research-communications-gains-national-award
The University has won its fourth award for communicating animal research- including the second consecutive Openness Award from Understanding Animal Research.
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Power at Work
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn3111
Module code: MN3111 Many cliches come to mind when we think of power: "Power corrupts", "knowledge is power", "with great power, comes great responsibility".
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Emotions in Conflict and Cooperation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl3147
Module code: PL3147 In this module, you will develop a conceptually and empirically informed view of how various emotions and emotional phenomena (such as fear, trust, empathy, memory) shape the conduct of conflict and cooperation in world politics.
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Archaeology of Human Evolution
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar2605
Module code: AR2605 When did early humans start to walk on two legs? What were the earliest stone tools? What do 30,000 year old cave paintings mean? And how did brains, language and consciousness develop? These are just a few of the fascinating questions we will explore in...
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Dissertation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3603
Module code: AR3606 Your dissertation gives you the opportunity to bring together all the research skills and wider reading that you have continually been developing over the course of your degree and use these skills to produce an extended piece of independent research.
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Crustal Dynamics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl3118
Module code: GL3118 The continental crust is the archive of Earth’s history and is unique amongst the terrestrial planets. It forms the environment in which we live and hosts many of the resources on which we depend.
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Dissertation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3603
Module code: AR3606 Your dissertation gives you the opportunity to bring together all the research skills and wider reading that you have continually been developing over the course of your degree and use these skills to produce an extended piece of independent research.