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A World in Motion: The Rise of a Global Economy, 1783-1914
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2318
Module code: HS2318 This module introduces you to the history of the global economy from the end of the American war of independence to the eve of the First World War, a time when economic change transformed the lives of millions of people.
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Geological Society of London honour for geology professor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/geological-society-of-london-honour-for-geology-professor
Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured), Professor of Palaeobiology at our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, has been awarded the Prestwich Medal for 2018 by the Geological Society of London.
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Hours of driving and watching TV lower IQ scores research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/hours-of-driving-and-watching-tv-lower-iq-scores
A doctoral student from our University has commanded global media coverage for a study that found that driving for more than two hours a day appears to steadily reduce intelligence.
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Leicester academic to publish translated book looking at the development of medicines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-academic-to-publish-translated-book-looking-at-the-development-of-medicines
A book, translated by an academic from the University’s Department of Cancer Studies, which looks into the process of drug development will be published in July 2017.
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Faisal Sattar
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/faisal-sattar
Find out more about Faisal Sattar, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Leicester School of Business. Faisal Sattar is a founder and director of Obsidian Tax.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 10
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/10/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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‘Back to the Future’ study informs new Government report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/31-gov-office-science-foresight-future-mobility-report
A University of Leicester professor has made a major contribution to a new Government report – The Foresight Future of Mobility – being launched today (Thursday 31 January).
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Ground-breaking space technology receives real-life health application
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/29-space-technology
Air quality heat map Air quality heat map 1200|UK Space Agency awards Leicester team £2 million.
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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.