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Expert discusses popularity of ITVs Love Island with the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-discusses-popularity-of-itvs-love-island-with-the-bbc
The phenomenon that is ‘Love Island’ on ITV2 was discussed by an academic from our School of Media, Communication and Sociology today (Wednesday, 12 July) on BBC Radio Leicester.
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Experts to discuss research into internet safety for sex workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/experts-to-discuss-research-into-internet-safety-for-sex-workers
Dr Rosie Campbell and Professor Teela Sanders from our Department of Criminology will be taking part in the upcoming Festival of Social Science, running between 4 – 11 November.
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Bradgate Park Fieldschool is back for a third season
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/bradgate-park-fieldschool-back-for-third-season
The University's Fieldschool at Bradgate Park will return for a third season on Monday 5 June.
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Student play to be performed at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/the-state-of-concrete-to-be-performed-at-edinburgh-festival-fringe
A performance by Leicester students illustrating the untold lives of people living on a council estate will be finding its way to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 17 and 22 August.
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Debates in Archaeological Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1013
Module code: AR1013 ‘Heritage’ is a very powerful idea, and we will begin this module by thinking about what heritage actually is and what it means in the contemporary world.
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Stellar dynamics and dark matter
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/stellar-dynamics-and-dark-matter
Stellar dynamics, or the study of the motions of stars, is a powerful tool for understanding the Universe.
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Exploring antibiotic prescribing in South Africa and Sri Lanka: A brief travel report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2017/09/27/exploring-antibiotic-prescribing-in-south-africa-and-sri-lanka-a-brief-travel-report/
Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on September 27, 2017 Think university research is abstract and boring? Think again! I love my academic job, because it combines meaningful research on global health problems with...
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Steering Group
https://le.ac.uk/the-technician-commitment/steering-group
Professor Sarah Davies, Committee Chair Role title: Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering, Professor of Sedimentology Background: I am Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering.
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The schoolboy sketches of John Leech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...
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Women in the World of Work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/03/08/women-in-the-world-of-work/
Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on March 8, 2017 Over the last few centuries women’s place in the world has changed significantly, and with International Women’s Day today it is great to see how the position of women, especially in the world of work, has...