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Sociology in Practice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy1005
Module code: SY1005 From its origins in the birth of modernity, sociology has continued to be at the heart of debates about people’s experiences and opportunities in society.
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Sociology in Practice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy1004
Module code: SY1004 From its origins in the birth of modernity, sociology has continued to be at the heart of debates about people’s experiences and opportunities in society.
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Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely
An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.
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Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester
The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high. Mount Everest is 171 times higher, at 8848 metres. On Wednesday 6 May, between 9.30am and 3.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Environmental insights from the GHOST in the machine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/environmental-insights-from-the-ghost-in-the-machine
An instrument co-designed by University of Leicester scientists has spent the past year successfully gathering data on how greenhouse gases are transported around the world and where they are being emitted and absorbed.
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MBA graduate named as Innovator of the Year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/mba-graduate-named-as-2018innovator-of-the-year2019
University of Leicester alumnus Marty Lampner, president and chief executive officer of Chimes, Inc. has been named as an Innovator of the Year by Maryland’s The Daily Record.
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Expert opinions cover childbirth and the media Junos goals and Theresa May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-childbirth-and-the-media-junos-goals-and-theresa-may
Dr Ranjana Das from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing why we need to look at childbirth and the media, and the 'Birth Stories' project she is involved in.
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Eddie Izzard event at University of Leicester cancelled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/eddie-izzard-event-at-university-of-leicester-cancelled
Eddie Izzard’s talk at the University of Leicester, as part of his Stand Up For Europe campaign, was cancelled following the suspension of EU referendum campaigning today. The suspension of campaigning follows the shocking attack on Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox near Leeds.