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Ut vitam habeant – so that they may have life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/centenary-celebrations-blog
On 11 November 1918, the First World War came to an end and the following day Dr Astley Clarke wrote to the local newspaper to announce the creation of the 'Leicester University Fund', in celebration of peace and for the founding of a university college as a memorial.
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Paul Herrington (1939-2019)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/paul-herrington
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Paul Herrington, a member of the University’s Economics (and latterly Geography) Departments for over 40 years. Paul grew up in South London and then Essex.
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Friday 17th August Sol 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/18/friday-17th-august-sol-12/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 18, 2012 We have chosen our first long term direction for Curiosity – and it is going about 0.5 km towards the NE, to an important junction between 3 different rock types. The site has been named Glenelg.
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More Than Just a Map
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/more-than-just-a-map/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 This site was created by investigative journalism produced by Tactical Tech’s Exposing the Invisible project, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.
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Internet Censorship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/internet-censorship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Blocked on Weibo Site maintained by Jason Ng Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and author of Blocked on Weibo , discusses his work...
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Legal and Information Assurance Services
https://le.ac.uk/ias
Legal and Information Assurance Services provides legal guidance and representation to the University of Leicester.
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The Greek World After Alexander
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3001
Module code: AH3001 For the period from Alexander the Great’s death in 323 BC to the Roman conquests of Macedonia and Greece in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, the often fragmentary and late authors can be supplemented by numerous inscriptions and by archaeological data.
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Leicester geneticist to deliver Richard III talk at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-geneticist-to-deliver-richard-iii-talk-at-international-conference
Professor Turi King (pictured) from our Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History will be giving a Special Plenary Lecture at the 10th International Society for Applied Biological Sciences (ISABS) Conference in Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia...
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Leicester shortlisted for a Guardian University Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-shortlisted-for-a-guardian-university-award
The University has been shortlisted for a Guardian University Award for its campaign work on the 'Vardyquake' project - a student-led project that measured the seismic activity produced by Leicester City fans when their team scored goals at the nearby King Power Stadium.
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Archaeology of Islamic Societies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar3088
Module code: AR3088 Who are the Muslims and what is their history? Is there an ‘Islamic’ culture, or indeed more than one? What is the place of the history of Islam in everybody’s history? How can archaeologists study Islamic societies? Islam originated in...