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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE appointed Chancellor of the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/maggie-aderin-pocock
Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, has joined the University of Leicester as its new Chancellor today (1 March).
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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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Celebrating Black History Month at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/black-history-month
The University of Leicester and the University of Leicester Students’ Union has today launched a programme of events celebrating Black History Month 2021, which commences today (Friday 1 October).
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Fiendish Friday Quiz #5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/12/fiendish-friday-quiz-5/
A fifth Evelyn Waugh quiz, taken From the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1
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Jargon bingo
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/jargon-bingo/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 This is a draft preview version of a resource currently in production.
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The Later Roman Empire AD 235-430
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3551
Module code: AH3551 Late Antiquity was a period of dramatic change. Shaken by civil war in the third century, the Roman Empire was reborn under the emperor Diocletian (284-306), and refashioned under his successors into a grand and tyrannical military state.
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The Hellenistic World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3701
Module code: AH3701 In many ways, the Hellenistic World is the most Greek of all periods – with spectacular architecture, widespread democratic institutions, and cosmopolitan culture.
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Europes leading space business competitions team up at University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/europe2019s-leading-space-business-competitions-team-up-at-university
Students, entrepreneurs and businesses are invited to the University on 4 June to receive coaching and advice regarding Europe’s leading space business competitions, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) and the Copernicus Masters, to help turn...
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Leicester academics explore possible BAME and COVID-19 link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/bame-covid-bmj
In a new paper published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), academics at the University of Leicester highlighted possible reasons why people from BAME backgrounds may have a higher incidence and severity of COVID-19.
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Symposium - 80 Years On: Memory and Legacy of World War II in ESEA Popular Culture
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/80-years-on
A symposium exploring the portrayal of WWII 80 years on hosted by Film Studies and Modern Languages