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Star of Channel 4 documentary to advise teachers on how to motivate students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/channel-4-documentary-star-to-advise-teachers-on-how-to-motivate-students
Matthew Burton from the popular Channel 4 documentary 'Educating Yorkshire' will be exploring ways in which teachers can better motivate their students at a University conference on 15 January at the Stamford Court Conference Centre.
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Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female
A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester festival, running until 14 November on campus.
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Child health lecture launches series celebrating Medical Schools 40th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/child-health-lecture-launches-series-celebrating-medical-schools-40th-anniversary
The director of the country’s biggest study into child health will be presenting a lecture about the project on 10 September as the first of a series of lectures to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the University of Leicester Medical School.
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Free language taster sessions from Languages at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/free-language-taster-sessions-from-languages-at-leicester
A long-running language learning programme offering over a dozen languages is offering members of the public the opportunity to try a new language for free.
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Next Scarman Lecture discuss lifecycle of riots
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/next-scarman-lecture-discuss-life-cycle-of-riots
The esteemed criminologist Professor Tim Newburn (pictured) will visit Leicester to deliver this year's Scarman Lecture series.
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Food available across University in the name of equality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/food-available-across-university-in-the-name-of-equality
The University's Residential and Commercial Services (RACS) is supporting International Women’s Day (IWD), which took place on 8 March, and is raising awareness of the campaign by offering a number of dishes which contain women’s names.
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Jacqueline Wilson describes her prolific writing career as part of Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/jacqueline-wilson-describes-her-prolific-writing-career-as-part-of-literary-leicester
All public tickets have been allocated for this event Former Children's Laureate and Tracy Beaker creator Jacqueline Wilson will visit Leicester's De Montfort Hall this month as part of our University's annual celebration of the written word.
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Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema
A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.
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University to host encore of Sir David Attenboroughs public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-to-host-2018encore2019-of-sir-david-attenborough2019s-public-lecture
Sir David Attenborough’s lecture for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture series entitled ‘Beauty in Nature’, which was originally delivered in January 2016 at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, is to be screened for the public.
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Over 200 academics sign up as University experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/over-200-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts
More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our University to the media and engage in topical academic debate.