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Convicts and the Sea
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/25/convicts-and-the-sea-the-naval-influence-on-gibraltar-convict-establishment/
Blog about the influence of naval practice on the punishment of convicts on the royal dockyard in Gibraltar in the nineteenth century.
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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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About the Institute
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/about
The Institute for Environmental Futures is an interdisciplinary initiative bringing together researchers from across the University of Leicester: from the College of Science and Engineering, College of Life Sciences and College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
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Attenborough Arts Centre Presents: ‘Out of the Blue: Landscapes of Chronic Illness’ by Joanna Holland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/joanna-holland
“Several years ago, I suddenly lost all my colour vision – apart from the colour blue. A blue so vivid that it hurt to look at it. I didn’t know at the time, but I was experiencing cyanopsia (everything tinted with blue) and photophobia (extreme light sensitivity).
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New course to teach how modern museums can improve health and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-course-to-teach-how-modern-museums-can-improve-health-and-human-rights
The world’s first ‘Massive Open Online Course’ (MOOC) in Museum Studies is to be launched by the University, providing people with the opportunity to learn about how the modern 21st century museum can contribute to agendas such as social justice, human rights and health and...
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Thinking sociologically about the history of convicts and penal colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/25/thinking-sociologically-about-the-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 25, 2016 In the early 1990s I had the privilege of studying with David Garland, then teaching and researching in Edinburgh University’s Law School.
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Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target
A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.
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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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English language requirements for subjects requiring the equivalent to IELTS 6.5
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/entry-reqs/eng-lang-reqs/ielts-65
Find out the equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.5 if you’ve taken a different English language test or qualification.
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Nationwide map of air pollution provides insights into nitrogen dioxide levels across the country and within towns and cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-nationwide-map-of-air-pollution-provides-insights-into-nitrogen-dioxide-levels-across-the-country-and-within-towns-and-cities
EarthSense Systems – a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company BlueSky - has published MappAir® – the first ever high resolution nationwide map of air pollution.