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University to offer scholarship opportunities in Museum Studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-to-offer-scholarship-opportunities-in-museum-studies
A chance to forge a career in the museum and heritage sector is being offered by our University through a scholarship programme. Following the success of last year’s schemes, the University’s School of Museum Studies is offering six scholarships of £3,000 each.
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New exhibition inspired by iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton to open its doors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-exhibition-inspired-by-iconic-leicester-playwright-joe-orton-to-open-its-doors
A new exhibition inspired by the life and work of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton will open its doors at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in London on Sunday 5 February.
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Impact of Chinese students in Leicester is focus of TV programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/impact-of-chinese-students-in-leicester-is-focus-of-tv-programme
Dr Giovanna Puppin, Lecturer in Advertising and International Promotional Cultures in the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, recently featured on BBC Sunday Politics East Midlands, as she talked about the importance...
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Leicester lecturer turns spotlight on British country houses Caribbean and East Indian connections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-lecturer-turns-spotlight-on-british-country-houses2019-caribbean-and-east-indian-connections
On 22 October, starting at 6.
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Protest camps explored in new book co-edited by Leicester academics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/protest-camps-explored-in-new-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academics
A new book on protest camps and political activism, edited by two Leicester academics, will be published on Wednesday 29 March.
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RefugEAP Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/refugeap
Access free online academic English programme RefugEAP for refugees in the UK developed by University of Leicester and University of Leeds and taught by volunteer EAP tutors
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Academic provides national security briefing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/academic-provides-national-security-briefing
Dr Andrew Futter from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was recently invited to London to brief the UK National Security Secretariat at the Cabinet Office.
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New research suggests a simple blood test could improve the early detection of lung cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/12-research-blood-test-detect-lung-cancer-mrc
A patient having a blood test|University of Leicester researchers hope earlier diagnosis could improve prognosis New research led by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit and University of Leicester suggests that, by analysing levels of...
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Frederick and Mary Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/frederick-and-mary
Frederick was our second Principal and under his leadership it expanded rapidly. He, and his wife Mary, lived on the campus with their sons Richard, David and John.
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...