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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.
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11000 years shown in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-loss-over-the-last-11-000-years-shown-in-new-study
An international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and involving our University has shown that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years.
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A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies: book launch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/31/a-global-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies-book-launch/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 31, 2018 On July 4th 2018, the eminent scholar of empire, Professor Philippa Levine (University of Texas, Austin), launched my edited volume, A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies, at the annual conference of...
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The Power of the Criminal Corpse: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/page/2/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Explore Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/conference2025/explore-leicester
Leicester page for CEHS 2025 conference
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Our approach
https://le.ac.uk/research/approach
We seek to create an environment in which both disciplinary excellence and interdisciplinarity thrives. Find out more about our approach to research.
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University up for two national archaeology awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-up-for-two-national-archaeology-awards
The University has been nominated for two Current Archaeology Awards for its work on the DNA analysis of the remains of King Richard III and a project that unearthed skeletons that could be the earliest examples of African people living in Leicester.
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Unique protein signatures linked to ethnicity and changes in physical activity observed in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/diabetes-ethnicity-protein-study-leicester
A Leicester study has shed light on why people of South Asian (SA) origin may face a higher risk of cardiometabolic disorders and respond differently to physical activity compared to White European people
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Students tackle the homosexual elephant in the room
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-tackle-the-2018homosexual-elephant-in-the-room2019
Talented University students are bringing a brand new quick-fire comedy to the long-running Leicester Comedy Festival that tackles the insecurities of being in a gay relationship.
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International Human Resource Management
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn7374
Module code: MN7374 Businesses are becoming increasingly international, but their employees, factories and offices are all based in different countries with their own laws and practices.