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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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Mr Duncan Cloud (1930-2020)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/duncan-cloud
The University community was saddened to learn of the loss, on 24 June 2020, of one of its most senior members and a major figure in its history. John Duncan Cloud (MA Oxford, B.Litt.
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Deputy Labour leader cites University of Leicester research in speech at Co-Operative Party economy conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/deputy-labour-leader-cites-university-of-leicester-research-in-speech-at-co-operative-party-economy-conference
Leicester academics were cited in a speech given by Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, at the Co-Operative Party economy conference on 28 January.
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How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome
Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...
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Leon Hunt BA
https://le.ac.uk/ulas/about/our-team/leon-hunt
Learn more about our Senior Supervisor of ULAS, Leon Hunt.
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The Novel Around the World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en1020
Module code: EN1020 (double module) On this module you will read six novels written in varying styles, and drawn from a range of historical and national contexts.
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North American Indigenous Literatures
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7922
Module code: EN7922 This module introduces you to North American Indigenous literatures – texts of all sorts by Indigenous authors writing from the territories we now know as the United States and Canada.
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Classical Landscapes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar7528
Module code: AR7528 This module explores the nature and scope of the various sources of evidence – textual and archaeological, for the study of classical landscapes and the social use of space.
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Italian Linguistics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/it2011
Module code: IT2011 This module offers an introduction to Italian language and linguistics, as well as key elements of sociolinguistics.
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Authors and Genres
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/it1027
Module code: IT1027 In this module you will be introduced to postwar Italian literature through the study of selected works, authors and genres, such as the novel and the modern short story. Texts are read in Italian and in English translation.