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Funding
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/postgraduate/funding
Learn about funding opportunities for students interested in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
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Islam: Religion or Politics?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/25/islam-religion-or-politics/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 25, 2014 Lately, I have been reading the work of Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling, UK), a leading scholar of religion, particularly his thought-provoking book Discourse on Civility...
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Students embark on RAF Stories mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-students-embark-raf-stories-mission
History students at the University of Leicester have teamed up with the RAF Museum, Cosford and students at De Montfort University for a community project to capture the memoirs of residents who share connections to the RAF.
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Permissible Beauty
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/permissible-beauty
Permissible Beauty examines how beauty has been defined, hailed and perceived in the past and how this is reflected in – and shaped by – our nation’s heritage.
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Joining MedRACE and organising a facilitated discussion
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-voices/sethara-alwis-dona-tomy
Two MedRACE students from Leicester Medical School describe why they joined MedRACE and how they led on a facilitated discussion at an Open Meeting for MedRACE
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Digital museum of Sikh heritage to mark 10th anniversary with free event at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/digital-museum-sikh-heritage-10th-anniversary-event-university-leicester
A museum which showcases Sikh heritage will mark its tenth anniversary with a celebration hosted by the University of Leicester.
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Leicester Oral History Archive collection compilation
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/loha/loha-compilation
The Leicester Oral History Archive is an extensive collection of over 500 interviews with a wide range of interview topics such as health, childhood, education, housing and many others. This is a smaller compilation of 49 interviews from the project.
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Research shows new way lungs respond in asthma attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-shows-new-way-lungs-respond-in-asthma-attacks
A team led by Professor Andrew Tobin (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) and Dr Yassine Amrani (Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation) has discovered a new way in which the lungs operate during asthma that could lead to new treatments for...
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Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings
The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies.
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Wellcome awards Leicester scientist £2m to study gene regulation in early development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wellcome-award-leicester-scientist-gene-regulation
A University of Leicester scientist has been awarded £2m for research which could lead to advances in understanding and treating developmental disorders.