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Celebrating Leicester and Leicestershire as a prime destination for international students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/up-space
International partners from across the world gathered in Leicester this week to hear first-hand from regional leaders about why the county is one of the most attractive destinations for international students in the country.
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May Day: early 19th century traditions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...
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New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images
New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet
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Our current exhibition ‘Joe Orton in 1964’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/06/03/our-current-exhibition-joe-orton-in-1964/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 3, 2014 When Joe Orton’s play Entertaining Mr Sloane was performed in the West End in 1964, it provoked both virulent criticism and glowing praise – he enjoyed both in equal measure. The critic W.
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Lifting: An Easter Custom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/03/21/lifting-and-heaving-an-easter-custom/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on March 21, 2016 Lifting – an Easter Custom from William Hone, The Every-Day Book (London, 1826), vol. 1, p.
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Exploring the Social World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy7043
Module code: SY7043 This module employs an innovative interview-led lecture-seminar format.
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Exploring the Social World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy7043
Module code: SY7043 This module employs an innovative interview-led lecture-seminar format.
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The Earle Robinson collection
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/earle-robinson
The Earle Robinson collection is made up of interviews conducted in the 90s with Earle Robinson, a leading member of Leicester's Jamaican community and the Leicester United Caribbean Association (LUCA). Find out more about the collection.
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Dancing through life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/dancing-through-life
A former professional dancer, Dr Heidi Ashton from the University’s School of Management has revealed some of the realities of working as a dancer in a new video interview.
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Whats in a name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/whats-in-a-name
A senior lecturer from the University of Leicester has discussed ‘the politics of naming’ in a debate with the editor of The Independent over the city name: Mumbai or Bombay.