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Free public event explores the 1911 ‘All India’ cricket tour of England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/30-cricket-event
A fascinating chapter in cricket history will be explored at a free public event on Tuesday 1 October when Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor of colonial urban history, discusses the first ever Indian tour of England in 1911.
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Suggested reading
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading
If you’d like to expand your awareness of geology, take a look at our reading suggestions.
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Leicester team shows how to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural peatland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-team-shows-how-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-from-agricultural-peatland
Raising the water table could slow down global warming, boost crop yields, and preserve peat soils according to a new study.
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Study finds women experiencing delay in labour are willing to forsake their own birth plans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-finds-women-experiencing-delay-in-labour-are-willing-to-forsake-their-own-birth-plans
A new study of women’s experiences of delay in labour has revealed that many mums-to-be are prepared to abandon their antenatal plans for how they wanted their labours and births to be.
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Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies
One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.
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Expert opinions cover ransomware arms races Brexit migrant workers and NASAs Juno mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/expert-opinions-cover-ransomware-arms-race-brexit-migrant-workers-and-nasas-juno-mission
UK universities may be among the most autonomous, but they need international cooperation to make their voices heard, says President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle in an article for the Times Higher Education.
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Institutional statement of compliance on export controls
https://le.ac.uk/research/regi/export-controls
Institutional Statement of Compliance Export Controls
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jbridges: Page 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/12/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Film screening to explore post-prison lives of wrongly convicted individuals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/film-screening-to-explore-post-prison-lives-of-wrongly-convicted-individuals
For its inaugural screening Reel Law, Leicester Law School’s film club, is holding a free public screening of BBC documentary ‘Fallout’ and a panel discussion with the film’s director and two of the featured exonerated prisoners.
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Groundbreaking research identifies what makes human brains – and humans – unique in the animal world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-concept-cells
A neuroscientist at the University of Leicester has identified a fundamental difference between human and animal brains. This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell, offers an explanation for what makes Homo sapiens so vastly different from even our nearest relatives.