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Football and Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3057
Module code: SY3057 As the world's most popular sport, football plays a significant role in global society. Its stars are global celebrities who earn millions from their clubs and endorsements.
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Botanic Garden in East Midlands in Bloom competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/botanic-garden-in-east-midlands-in-bloom-competition
For the past 8 years Oadby & Wigston has achieved a Gold Award for the Borough’s entry into East Midlands in Bloom. The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden takes pride of place in this effort.
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Film highlights experiences of children in the Calais Jungle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-hosts-film-highlighting-plight-of-children-in-the-calais-jungle
Calais Children: a Case to Answer, a film which highlights the plight of almost 2,000 lone children who were in the Calais ‘Jungle’ when it was burnt down at the end of 2016, will be screened in the Attenborough Film Theatre at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 May...
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-carceral-archipelago/about-the-project
The overall goal of this study is to provide a theoretical, empirical and analytical approach to the transnational, or global, study of convict transportation and its legacies, and its relationship to the history of labour, migration, and confinement.
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Professor Sir Bob Burgess (1947-2022)
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/professor-bob-burgess
Read more about Professor Sir Robert ‘Bob’ Burgess who was the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of the Leicester University so far.
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New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists
A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.
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Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk
A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.
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University of Leicester politics student in triple awards win
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/university-of-leicester-politics-student-in-triple-awards-win
An undergraduate finalist in International Relations has been awarded the Political Studies Association’s Parliaments and Legislatures Specialist Group essay prize.
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Plaque to mark Barwell Christmas Eve meteorite unveiled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/green-plaque-to-mark-barwell-meteorite-which-landed-in-1965-unveiled
A green plaque marking the surprise arrival of a large meteorite in the village of Barwell on Christmas Eve in 1965 has been unveiled at the junction of Chapel Street and Dawson's Lane - close to the site of the meteorite fall.
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Academic develops method for synthesising more reliable drug alternative to antibodies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academic-develops-method-for-synthesising-2018more-reliable2019-drug-alternative-to-antibodies
Professor Sergey Piletsky (pictured) from the Department of Chemistry has been instrumental in creating a new method to develop an alternative to traditional antibodies that is more reliable and can be made quicker.