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University signs up to Leicestershire climate change pact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/net-zero
The University of Leicester is one of those that has signed up to the Leicestershire Climate and Nature Pact.
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ESRC Reading Goals Project
https://le.ac.uk/esrc-reading-goals-project
Find out more about the ESRC Reading Goals project, at the University of Leicester. Revealing the implications of reading strategy for reading behaviour and comprehension.
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George Acquah
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/george-acquah
George Acquah is a Leicester graduate and joined Council at 2021.
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Alumni Awards Dinner
https://le.ac.uk/alumni/join-us/events/award-winners-showcase
Biographies of past winners of University of Leicester Alumni Awards
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British summer holiday habits of the past explored by Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/british-summer-holiday-habits-of-the-past-explored-by-leicester-researchers
Visiting different countries and traveling the world is a common way people spend their summer holidays - but the historical British summer holiday would have been a much less frequent and far more local affair.
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Who was Richard III?
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/who-was-richard-iii
A brief primer on the last Plantagenet king of England and his links with Leicester.
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Centenary Scholars Reception
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/centenary-scholars-reception
On Wednesday 1 December 2021, President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah hosted a reception for students who have benefitted from the University’s range of scholarships and bursaries.
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Spring seminar series 2004
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2004
Browse our 2004 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.
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Preterm birth linked with lower mathematics abilities and less wealth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/preterm-birth-linked-with-lower-math-abilities-and-less-wealth
People who are born premature tend to accumulate less wealth as adults, and a new study suggests that this may be due to lower mathematics abilities.
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Scoliosis
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/scoliosis
One compelling aspect of Shakespeare’s Richard III is his deformity. In the play the king is described as ‘hunchbacked’ and there has been considerable disagreement since whether this is real or a politically motivated invention of his enemies.