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The Activist Museum Award 2024
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/activist-museum-award
The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, is delighted to announce the second round of the Activist Museum Award.
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Departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/university-of-leicester-departments-receive-recognition-for-tackling-gender-inequality
Advance HE has announced that three University of Leicester departments are among the most recent institutions and departments to receive an Athena SWAN award, in the charter that recognises commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.
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Helping hedgehogs project to challenge alarming UK wildlife decline
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/helping-hedgehogs-project-to-challenge-alarming-uk-wildlife-decline
Snuffling hedgehogs visiting gardens throughout the United Kingdom are becoming less common due to declining populations – and an event organised by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the Botanic Garden on Saturday 24 October hopes to challenge this worrying trend.
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Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees
A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.
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Tackling student cheating by reimagining university assessment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/tackling-student-cheating-by-reimagining-university-assessment
In a recent Guardian article, pro Vice-Chancellor for student experience Professor Jon Scott discusses how the increasing availability of academic ghost writing will necessitate a new way for universities to assess their students.
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Tackling issues of adult education in austere times
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/tackling-issues-of-adult-education-in-austere-times
The Standing Conference on the University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA) will be hosted by the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning in July 2016.
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Archaeology of the Mediterranean: From the Late Bronze Age to the End of Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar2035
Module code: AR2035 In this module we will explore the period between c.1400 BC and c.600 AD, examining the varied and important archaeologies of diverse powers and regions which emerged and interacted to significant effect across the first millennia BC and AD.
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Immigration and Ethnicity in Colonial and Post-Colonial France
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/fr3125
Module code: FR3125 Immigration as an issue remains at the heart of social, cultural and political debates. This module examines how immigration and ethnicity have shaped French society and examines the debates on diversity and cultural identity in contemporary France.
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Archaeology of the Mediterranean: From the Late Bronze Age to the End of Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar2035
Module code: AR2035 In this module we will explore the period between c.1400 BC and c.600 AD, examining the varied and important archaeologies of diverse powers and regions which emerged and interacted to significant effect across the first millennia BC and AD.
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Immigration and Ethnicity in Colonial and Post-Colonial France
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2023/fr3125
Module code: FR3125 Immigration as an issue remains at the heart of social, cultural and political debates. This module examines how immigration and ethnicity have shaped French society and examines the debates on diversity and cultural identity in contemporary France.