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Governments more likely to be responsive when strong public opposition is voiced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/governments-more-likely-to-be-responsive-when-strong-public-opposition-is-voiced
Governments often ignore public opposition to their policies but they are far less likely to do so when public opinion is strongly and consistently expressed through surveys and on the streets, says a University of Leicester Politics expert.
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Sporting Leicester students to represent Great Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/sporting-leicester-students-to-represent-great-britain
Not one but two Leicester students will be representing Great Britain in international sporting events this summer. The selected students are Ryan Hunt, currently in his second year in Interdisciplinary Science, and Kieran Slater from Physics & Astronomy.
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Tribute to architect behind iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/tribute-to-architect-behind-iconic-engineering-building
The architect James Gowan, who co-designed the University of Leicester’s Engineering Building, has died aged 92. He formed a partnership with James Stirling in the 1950s the results of which included our Engineering Building, completed in 1963.
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Changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room
https://le.ac.uk/library/news/changes-to-the-doctoral-college-reading-room
The Library would like the views of PGR students on recent changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room.
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Waging war on cultural terrorism
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cultural-terrorism
Professor David Mattingly explores the importance of protecting archaeological heritage sites from cultural terrorism, and the efforts being undertaken to preserve and record in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Free taster sessions
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/events/taster-session
Taster Sessions for language courses at The University of Leicester
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Birmingham Museum Trust Vision
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/birmingham-museum-trust-vision
In 2021, RCMG was approached by Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah, Co-CEOs of Birmingham Museums Trust (BMT) to work with People Make it Work and the staff and trustees of BMT to create a manifesto for an ethical approach to museum making, and work collaboratively, exploring its...
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The Boy Who Lived Students put the science of Harry Potters universe to the test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/students-put-the-science-of-harry-potter2019s-universe-to-the-test
In the world of Harry Potter the young wizard undergoes two magical biological transformations: eating Gillyweed to grow gills in order to breathe underwater and drinking Skele-Gro to repair broken bones.
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Latin Beginners (Level 1)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/latin/level-1
Latin course for beginners at Leicester University
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Japanese Post-beginners Fast Track (Level 2)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/japanese/fast-track-level-2
Fast Track Japanese course for post-beginners at Leicester University