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Historian to take part in stand-up comedy challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/historian-to-take-part-in-stand-up-comedy-challenge
Kevin Schürer (pictured), Professor of English Local History in our School of History and lead genealogist in the discovery of King Richard III, has been announced as one of the contenders in a stand-up comedy challenge in Leicestershire.
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A Chimera?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/06/03/a-chimera/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 3, 2020 So the lockdown is being lifted piece by piece. Different pace in different countries, even different pace in different countries within the UK.
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McCarthy's America: Domestic Anti-Communism in the USA, 1830-1990
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3649
Module code: HS3649 Module Outline There are very few individuals who can boast having either entire historical eras or discrete historical phenomena named after them. US Senator Joseph “Tail Gunner Joe” McCarthy has both.
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EMI Teacher Development Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/courses-for-teachers/emi
EMI Teacher's course offered by the University.
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Introducing PhySoc: Our Physics Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/02/introducing-physoc-our-physics-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 2 October 2020 University of Leicester’s Physics Society (PhySoc) is a student group that aims to foster an active social side to the Physics degree course with lots of social and academic events throughout...
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Supporting student transition to higher education: what (not) to do
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2020/04/20/supporting-student-transition-to-higher-education-what-not-to-do/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 20, 2020 The LLI is working with Schools to devise and develop approaches supporting pre-entry students’ academic transition to university-level study.
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Audience and Reception
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7507
Module code: MS7507 Module co-ordinator: Dr Vincent Campbell Module Outline The audiences module presents a critical account and discussion of the significance of different ways of thinking about media influence, media use and patterns of media consumption.
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Free public event explores the 1911 ‘All India’ cricket tour of England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/30-cricket-event
A fascinating chapter in cricket history will be explored at a free public event on Tuesday 1 October when Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor of colonial urban history, discusses the first ever Indian tour of England in 1911.
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Summer Holidays
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/23/happy-holidays/
Blog post recalling Summer Holidays taken by people from Leicester and Leicestershire, as recorded in the East Midlands Oral History Archive
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Artisans and activists in the world of handmade crafts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/artisans-and-activists-in-the-world-of-handmade-crafts
Bake-off and sewing bee enthusiasts have fuelled a revival of traditional crafts, but a week of events at our University will explore whether they could also be part of a cultural revolution.