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  • https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/12/02/convict-ancestry-documentary/

    Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on December 2, 2016 In this blog post I review the documentary ‘A Secret History of my Family: Gadbury Sisters’ , which aired in 2016, and discuss how it reflects changing attitudes to convict ancestry amongst British and...

  • The story of skeletons

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    What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth finger of a pterosaur? They are among the cast of characters that feature in a new book by Â鶹ÊÓƵ professors Jan...

  • Where is the Love in engineering

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    The UK is predicting a ‘skills gap’ of approximately half a million engineers by 2022, mainly due to retirements, according to Professor Helen Atkinson CBE, FREng, head of our Department of Engineering.

  • Glimpses of the young David Attenborough from the University Archives

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    Dr Simon Dixon from the University's Special Collections has written an article providing glimpses into the childhood of Sir David Attenborough during the time he lived on the campus of what was then University College, Leicester.

  • Urban Conservation MA, by distance learning

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    Study Urban Conservation MA, by distance learning 2 years part-time at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ

  • https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/evelyn-waugh-and-his-circle-reading-and-editing-the-complete-works/

    Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on May 27, 2014 As many of you might know already, in 2015 we are planning a glitzy international Evelyn Waugh conference here in Leicester. Richard III is SO 2013.

  • https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/03/social-media-smartphone-and-internet-usage/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2018 Social media, smartphone and Internet usage is rising in ‘developing countries’ while developed countries’ usage plateaus a ccording to the latest report from the P ew research group.

  • The Queer Heritage and Collections Network

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    The Queer Heritage and Collections Network aims to provide training, networking and peer support to people working with LGBTQ+ histories and collections.

  • https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/page/3/

    Academic and staff blogs from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ

  • Could large space missions help to unite world powers

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    Professor John Bridges from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been quoted in an article in The Independent discussing the US government's decision to give a Florida-based company permission to conduct the first ever private mission to the Moon.

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