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Preparing for an interview
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/preparing
Learn more about preparing for your interviews and browse a checklist for what to do in the run up to conducting your interview.
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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Battlefield feeling changing perceptions of masculinity in war
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/2018battlefield-feeling2019-changes-perceptions-of-masculinity-in-war
A new project led by Dr Holly Furneaux from the School of English will shake up traditional views of masculinity on the battlefield by exploring the heroism of the English ‘Boy Captain’ Audley Lempriere, who gave his life fighting during the Crimean War.
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Archaeologists reveal mysteries of lost 3000yearold civilisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/archaeologists-reveal-mysteries-of-2018lost2019-3-000-year-old-civilisation
The research of Professor David Mattingly of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History conducted in southern Libya will reshape the history of early Africa - after uncovering the mysteries of a lost civilisation of Saharan people called the Garamantes, whose...
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New study finds that everyday activities empower young people in care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/new-study-finds-that-everyday-activities-empower-young-people-in-care
Simply going shopping, playing in the park or reading are the kind of everyday activities that give young people in care a better sense of value and well-being according to a new study published today (30 October) into the participation experiences of young people growing up...
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Ice Age economic migrants in Europe unearthed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/meet-the-flintstones-ice-age-2018economic-migrants2019-in-europe-unearthed
After being hidden for nearly 15,000 years, the lives of Ice Age hunter-gatherers who migrated to Europe to benefit from warmer climes are to be revealed in an archaeological dig at a very rare site in Bradgate Park.
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Celebrating ethnic diversity event recognises inspirational figures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/celebrating-ethnic-diversity-event-to-recognise-inspirational-figures
Updated, 3 November: Photo gallery now online Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) members of staff were recognised for being nominated by their colleagues as an inspirational person in their area of work at a ‘Celebrating Ethnic Diversity at Leicester’ event on Friday 16 October.
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Richard III College Court and University arts centre celebrated at regional tourism awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/richard-iii-and-university-arts-centre-celebrated-at-regional-tourism-awards
Gold awards at this year’s Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards have been presented to several organisations and projects that involve our University.
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Competition offers publication and prizes for new fiction writers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/competition-offers-publication-and-prizes-for-new-fiction-writers
Following its successful first year, the free Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning Summer Short Story Competition is now open for 2015, inviting writers and storytellers throughout Leicestershire to take part in a writing competition where the only limit is their...
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Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see
New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.