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The British Antislavery Movement, 1787-1833
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3768
Module code: HS3768 By the 1780s, Britain had become the world’s largest slave-trading nation, shipping around 40,000 slaves per year to its colonies in the New World.
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Artwork showcases childrens cancer journeys
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/artwork-showcases-childrens-cancer-journeys
A University-based children’s cancer charity is staging a public exhibition of artworks by those affected by the disease.
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Diabetes researcher listed as a top ethnic minority health leader in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/diabetes-research
A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ has been named as one of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic minority background making a profound difference in the NHS.
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Earth observation expert to educate people on the impact of aerosols on the climate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/earth-observation-expert-aerosols-impact-climate
Dr Adam Povey from the University of Leicester will deliver the latest Space Park Conversations talk ‘Smoke and Mirrors: Observing the impact of aerosols on climate’ at Space Park Leicester on 6 May
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Agreement opens a new route for Canada students to study law in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/humber
The University of Leicester has strengthened its Canadian connections after signing an agreement with Toronto’s Humber Polytechnic.
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Event: Update on UKRI Open Access books policy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/28/event-update-on-ukri-open-access-books-policy/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on June 28, 2023 Join us on the 17 July for an important update on UKRI’s open access policy for academic books. Library Research Services will be explaining how to apply to UKRI’s new fund for open access academic books.
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University of Leicester is now a supporter of DOAJ
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/12/02/university-of-leicester-is-now-a-supporter-of-doaj/
The University of Leicester is now an official supporter of the Directory Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
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Joe Orton: Behind the playwright
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...
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Research areas
https://le.ac.uk/research/areas
We are proud to be one of the world’s leading research-intensive universities. Our research changes the way we think about the past, present and future. Browse our research areas.
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Sex and Sensibility: Women, Writing, Revolution
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3208
Module code: EN3208 Just what else was going on around the time Austen was writing her first novels? This module looks beyond the few women authors we've heard of to discover a time of revolution, love, and argument.