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Leicester archaeology student shares passion for local history with fellow firefighters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/dig-fire
A watch manager in the Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is helping other firefighters in the region to get involved with archaeology.
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Targeted cancer treatment could provide new hope for mesothelioma patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/nero
A new clinical trial will test whether a type of targeted cancer treatment could improve survival for people with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Mesothelioma develops in the lining of the lungs or abdomen, with most cases linked to breathing in asbestos fibres.
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University of Leicester experts urge Britain to get on its feet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/sitting
To mark On Your Feet Britain Day, researchers at the University of Leicester are urging workers across the country to take part in the SMART Work programme, following a stark reminder of the very real risks of sitting too much.
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Leicester criminologists working with Government to explore motivations behind acid attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-criminologists-working-with-government-to-explore-motivations-behind-acid-attacks
Researchers from our Department of Criminology have launched a major research project, commissioned by the Home Office, into the motivations of offenders who carry and use acid in violent attacks.
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Superhero vision measures water quality of lakes from space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/2018superhero-vision2019-measures-water-quality-of-lakes-from-space
An international team of researchers led by Professor Heiko Balzter from the Department of Geography has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that can visualise pollution levels otherwise invisible to the human...
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Christian De Vito
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/cdv8/
I am research associate on the Carceral Archipelago project, focusing on convict circulation in the late-colonial and post-colonial Latin America. And I am honorary fellow at the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam).
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Simon James
https://le.ac.uk/people/simon-james
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Agustina Martinez
https://le.ac.uk/people/agustina-martinez
The academic profile of Dr Agustina Martinez, Lecturer in Economics at University of Leicester
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Roots of the British
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/related-research/roots-of-the-british
The Impact of Diasporas programme developed from the Roots of the British project. This project started as a small collaborative group interested in exploring how people from different disciplines could work together to create a more informed picture of the history of Britain.
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Social and Cultural Geography
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy2413
Module code: GY2413 In this second year module you'll learn about the different sub-disciplinary histories of (Euro-American) social and cultural geography, and the emergence of a ‘cultural turn’ that brought the two together to be ‘socio-cultural geographies’.